Apologists make me ill

Anyone and everyone who paint themselves as apologists for the people who started and continued either--or both--of the melee's on the Plaza in the last two weeks deserve to be given police duty the next time one of these breaks out.

That includes Alonzo Washington.

Let me make it clear, too. I have no "bone to pick" with Mr. Washington. I just read his blog entry on this and had to react.

There is no excuse for what happened Saturday evening.

Since when can you not go to a movie on the Plaza if you live anywhere else in the city?

When did the behavior that broke out in the last two weeks become acceptable because there isn't a movie theater on the East Side or some other neighborhood?

Should the Mayor, the Mayor's office and the city have addressed these issues earlier?

Yes, absolutely.

Is this city racially polarized?

Sure, you bet. I said as much here, earlier, on this site, this weekend.

All that--and a lot more--taken into consideration, no one can still come to the conclusion that what happened Saturday night on the Plaza or that used to happen up in Westport, before that got shut down is somehow "understandable" or otherwise acceptable behavior.

It's not.

And explaining it away as understandable makes it allowable.