Show-Me EPIC Kansas City Comeback Amid Rodney King Name Check

The faux outrage over some dated Rodney King reference is typical Missouri Democratic Party gobbledygook . . .

HOWEVER . . .

A local Democratic rep classes things up with her retort that serves as Sunday guidance for us all: 

Representative Jamie Johnson (D-Kansas City) was frustrated with the speech.

She had no objection to honoring law enforcement. She objected to blaming Rodney King, who was a victim of police brutality himself, for other people's criminal behavior.

"I just felt like that was wholly unnecessary and even unprofessional. And it's just a testament to how we continue to say things that don't matter, do things that are harmful to people for no other reason than being hateful, being spiteful, and being ugly," she tells the RFT.

"We do appreciate law enforcement," she adds. "But we can do that without disparaging others, individually or collectively."

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VIDEO: Missouri Rep. References Rodney King, Steps Into It

The last day of the Missouri legislative session kicked up controversy on Friday. It is National Police Week, so representatives have been honoring law enforcement in their morning remarks. Representative Barry Hovis (R-Whitewater), a former police officer, wanted to speak on the topic. Hovis said that 246 police died across the U.S.

Again, for us this was actually the highlight and the best part . . . Her words can be applied UNIVERSALLY to ALL SIDES of the discourse . . .

You decide . . .