It's is absolutely necessary to give people the room they need to destroy things, because without it there can be no peaceful protest?
Had an extra helping of kool-aid this morning eh?
Yes as ......
"...there will always be a criminal element seeking wanton violence that will take advantage of the space given to peaceful protest."
Here’s her full comment:
“I made it very clear that I work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech,” Rawlings-Blake said. “It’s a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well. And we worked very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate.”
Which is probably why you cut out this part of my response.
"...there will always be a criminal element seeking wanton violence that will take advantage of the space given to peaceful protest."
Anyone believing the Mayor was intentionally giving these violent criminal space to destroy is just ******* loopy.