Posted on 07/11/2015 3:51:28 PM PDT by markomalley
A woman dumps water on Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake during a One Baltimore event this morning at the Mondawmin Mall.
Amy Yensi has more.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake feeling upbeat as she dances at the Mondawmin Festival Saturday morning.
The One Baltimore event happening at the mall now notoriously linked to April’s unrest.
But the gathering aiming to connect the community and city agencies goes from festive to frantic in an instant.
A bystander, later identified as 37-year-old Lacheisa Pailin-Sheffer, of Baltimore, throws water on the mayor as she speaks to the crowd.
Pictures from our media partner The Baltimore Sun, show shocked on-lookers trying their best to dab her clothing. Though her high-spirits seemed washed away, Mayor Rawlings-Blake tried to downplay the incident.
“I don’t know what it was that she threw at me. I hope it was water. It was more shocking than anything else and unfortunate,” the mayor said.
Pailin-Sheffer who doused the mayor was taken away in handcuffs being charged with second degree assault, police said.
The water incident capping off an whirlwind week for Mayor Rawlings-Blake. On Wednesday, she axed Anthony Batts and appointed a new interim police commissioner. The change in guard not enough to silence her predecessor and mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon.
Dixon releasing an editorial in which she blames failed leadership for the city’s problems. It reads in part “The people of Baltimore are on their knees, and they are crying for change.”
When we spoke to Dixon last month she wasn’t talking about Blake.
“I’m not gonna grade Stephanie because I just think criticizing her at this time would be insensitive for me to do that,” Dixon said in the interview.
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WJZ cameras caught up with Dixon Saturday morning and its clear her mind is on the race.
“We have a phenomenal police department but we also have a lot of challenges and it takes the leadership to make sure the vision is there,” said Dixon.
The current mayor, unphased by Dixon’s comments.
“I think it’s very clear when someone is trying to exploit a situation to be an opportunist; I’m looking for opportunities for Baltimore and that’s what I’m going to continue to focus on,” said Rawlings-Blake.
#BlackLiesMatter
Well the obvious question is did she melt into a steaming pile of rags while screeching “Oh, what a world, what a world.”?
Well, looks like more black on black crime. If you can call it a crime.
Now, if she would have used acid, maybe a different story.
Shouldn’t the mayor have defended the “right” to express dissatisfaction like she did during the riots?
Give’m room to destroy.
Just trying to see if she would melt. It worked on the Wicked Witch of the West, didn’t it?
She should never have been arrested. The Mayor herself gave this woman “space” to do this.
Mayor was already all wet. This is confusing... LOL
She is black, not green.
Stars and Bars.
Evil comes in all colors.
Too bad she didn’t throw a bucket of Obama on the mayor...
Was this like the victory dump of the gatoraid bucket, on the sidelines? You go, coach!
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