[Tupelo]

The majority in this country speak American English. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake obviously speaks Ebonics. So yeah, I can understand how her words were misinterpreted.

I think she was saying that by giving the peaceful protesters room to protest, they also gave the unpeaceful protesters room to destroy.
Of course, I am trying to translate a language i do not speak into something I can..... Or something.

[Thank You Rush]

“”I think she was saying that by giving the peaceful protesters room to protest, they also gave the unpeaceful protesters room to destroy.””

I believe you are right....with a little more knowledge of English she could have inserted the word “UNFORTUNATELY” and it would have been what she meant!