Fenty: "Don't get into my mens rea"
Mayor Adrian M.Fenty, hammered by parents and teachers for the abortive decision to open D.C. Schools on a two-hour delay Monday, was as elusive as Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee about exactly how they made the decision. Fenty, a former Howard University law student, even went Latin on my colleague Ann Marimow when she pressed him Monday afternoon.
"You take into account a myriad and a multitude of information. I don't get into my mens rea," said Fenty. "We made the right decision."
For those not up on their lawyer talk, "mens rea" refers to the mental state in which one commits a criminal act.
In any event, there's no school on Tuesday in DCPS.
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