This week Kansas City Public Television offered their take on the constant rate of killing via firearms in this wicked little town.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE KCPT "SHOTS FIRED" SPECIAL!!!
As always, it's important and a worthy project whenever local media decide to talk about Kansas City's most important problem - The constant and disproportionate rate of local homicide.
However . . .
REVIEWS OF THE KCPT SHOTS FIRED SPECIAL HAVE BEEN HARSH!!!
Just a few examples . . .
Kansas City anti-crime activist Alonzo Washington calls out the program via social media:
Another Eastside Insider chides:
"I watched it for a little while, it's the same old dog and pony show. It really wasn't worth sitting through the whole program if everyone is just going to say the same thing."
Meanwhile, a Northland Denizen remarks:
"Aim4Peace hasn't done much but rack up an impressive catering budget. It's time to get rid of this program and the last thing I wanted to see was KCPT turn into a promotional vehicle for it."
The background on this program is that KCPT Producer Nick Haines had been working on it for nearly a year and hoped to feature some of the more controversial Kansas City anti-violence advocates . . . It's not a stretch to suggest that higher-ups @ KCPT wanted a more scaled down approach and decided that traditional anti-violence groups were more appropriate for the public television audience.