McDonough challenges Baltimore mayor to improve safety or resign

Increasing the ante from a previous call to create a “no travel zone” around the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore, Delegate Pat McDonough is now demanding Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake convene a “solutions summit” to address the crime issue or resign.

McDonough has sparked a wildfire of controversy since his comments last week about “black youth mobs” and the violence they allegedly cause. Reaction to McDonough’s remarks has run the gamut from calling for his removal from the House of Delegates, casting them as “racially charged” or “brain-dead“, or agreeing with him by saying he’s absolutely right. The Delegate himself notes that “some may call (his remarks) a ‘publicity stunt’, but publicity is what is needed to solve this problem. Baltimore will overcome crime or crime will overcome Baltimore.”

(continued at Examiner.com…)