Legislators continue to battle social issues and culture wars in the aftermath of a racial riot uprising that still impacts the conversation about community policing throughout the nation: Missouri lawmakers try to address Ferguson concerns with new legislation
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ReplyDeleteThe "concerns brought to national attention" in Ferguson were, if you rob a small business, bully the clerk, walk down the middle of a public street, reach through the open window of a cop car and punch the officer in the face, grab the cop's gun to the point it fires in the car, and turn around and charge the officer, you are likely to be behaving self-destructively and are putting yourself in mortal danger.
ReplyDeleteThen if you perpetrate lies, march around, attract the pitiful national media to the point where Geraldo Rivera ends up interviewing Anderson Cooper, burn down buildings, intimidate national and local political "leaders", and extort as much cash as possible, you can claim to start a fake "movement" of outrage on social media and repeat the bad behavior.
It's difficult to see how Missouri state laws are going to address these "issues" other than to try to extort even more taxpayer cash for subsidies and "programs".
The homicide count so far this year in KCMO is 108. What legislation are the local state reps and senators introducing about that?
Always the same excuses and never any serous leadership about behavior, responsibility, education, or hard work.
And always the same results.
^ Well said. The biggest problem with Ferguson (besides the animal rioters) was poor leadership from our elected officials.
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Missouri has had "social issues" since the 1850s. We are the people of Lawrence. We know better than most.
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ReplyDeleteClassic. Legislation to combat stupidity and criminal behavior. We already have that legislation, it is call the criminal justice system. In Ferguson it worked exactly as intended.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with the Ferguson pandering, where city officials, the police chief and Daren Wilson were forced to resign, is that it becomes the standard. Look at what happened at MU. Some football coons didn't like living in the world an just look at how heads rolled. I am all for review of legislation and tweaks. However this is Missouri, at state that passes a constitutional admendment requiring that VIOLENT felonies be defined and then the next thing you know every felony, including egging a car back when you were 13 years old, makes it illegal for you to own a gun in Missouri forever. That is not at all what the public approved or voted for or what the state constitutions says, but the state courts have somehow managed to cram the idea down my throat that a violent felon and an while collar paper drill felon is the same animal when it comes to guns. I would suggest the legislature think long and hard before making more mistakes. This shit is getting old.
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