Rose bushes were destroyed while residents confronted Housing Commissioner Graziano.
Reportedly mistaking roses for weeds, a Baltimore Housing Authority crew cut down a curbside garden of rose bushes and lilacs alongside Perkins Homes on the same day that Housing Commissioner Paul Graziano verbally dueled with residents and activists over poor conditions at the public housing complex.
The events took place nearly simultaneously on Thursday morning.
While The Brew and other media were observing the confrontation between Graziano and activists near Bond Street, a maintenance crew was around the corner, ripping out 10 rose bushes (with pink and cardinal red flowers), two lilac bushes, daisies and ground cover planted in tree wells in the 1600 block of Bank Street.
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