. . ."So the newspaper’s worries not about the millions in value vanishing from the owners of commercial real estate. The newspaper’s only concern is that city won’t collect as much from onerous property taxes as it used to.
"One South Street lost 64% of its value in 8 short years.
"Now what happened 8 years ago when the owners sold the 30-story building cashed in and pocketed $66 million for a building that is now worth $24 million?
"The Freddie Gray riots.
"When a career criminal died in the hospital from spinal cord injuries, the ignorant masses blamed the police. The city filed charges against 6 officers but none stuck because they were political prosecutions. Nevertheless, the city gave Gray’s family (spins dial) $6.4 million.
"The real problem was Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sided with the rioters. She ordered police to stand down and allow rioters to loot and destroy businesses.
"She told the press, “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.
" '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.”
"Rioting is free speech!". . .
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