Baltimore Mayor, Maryland Guv Abruptly Leave Don Lemon Interview

[DonViejo]

The mayor of Baltimore and the governor of Maryland both walked off an interview with CNN's Don Lemon after he questioned whether officials were quick enough to react to violence in Baltimore in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray.

Lemon began the interview by asking the two officials why Maryland did not activate a state of emergency until Monday when the order was ready on Saturday, according to a clip highlighted by Mediaite. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) explained that the state prepared the order ahead of time, and that he signed the order when Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asked for the state's help.

Lemon then turned to the mayor, asking why she took to long to ask for back-up. "We have to respond to what was going on on the ground. We’ve seen what happened when other jurisdictions have overreacted and brought in resources that escalated the violence on the street, and I didn’t want that to happen in Baltimore," Rawlings-Blake responded. "When we saw the breakout violence in the small groups, we realized that it was time to bring in additional resources."

Lemon asked twice more why Maryland did not declare a state of emergency sooner.
Rawlings-Blake said that she did not want Baltimore to become a "military state" and wanted to facilitate free speech for peaceful protesters.

After a 10-minute long interview with Lemon, the two officials left the interview as Lemon asked about curfews.

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[Buzz Clik]

1. Ten minute interview with detailed, on point answers.

The left when Lemon showed no end to his questions.

Not all that abrupt.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Wrong or right, the last thing people in authority need at that time is a CNN dude running questions

Second guessing, trying to make CNN a buck.

Bad timing, ask your three or four questions and then get the hell out of the way.

In fairness, I'm not following all of this but knowing CNN...

[bonniebgood]

3. I havent seen any comments about THIS mayor calling the

protestors/rioters 'thugs' in her first press conference. WTF?
I am so fedup with Demorats. I wonder if she ever called the bankers who burned down the economy thugs? One video clip of an on camera interviewer said? Gov. Omalley arrested/incarcerated 780K? thousand black people? Im Done with him Good luck on your presidential run O'Malley.

[sammythecat]

4. Don Lemon is not one of my favs

Early on I thought he was OK, even good, but he can be remarkably obtuse at times. Someone can be making a very interesting and important point and he'll just interrupt to ask about something totally unrelated and irrelevant. He's not a good listener. And he can't be corrected, if he says something dumb, it's not dumb anymore because he said it. He's backup quality at best. I'm sure there's a whole host of people capable of doing his job much better.

[appalachiablue]

5. Morning Joke & Mika were all over the Balto. mayor this am, repeatedly returning to her comments

about allowing 'space for protestors' which they twisted to mean rioters. And over and over how she wanted a review before approving cameras for police to wear several months back. Thus SHE delayed and was responsible, bull. So much of it was focused on her, the mayor, and HER faults, nothing I saw about the initial killing of the young man muscled and put into the van by police. Never watch this RW show normally. Don Lemon and CNN's riot porn-

[Enrique]

6. "as you can see, they're touchy"

Don Lemon, always a class act.