Kansas City Activists Allege Bias After Pro-Palestine Resolution Rejected

The crux of the aftermath perspective and a great deal of controversial rhetoric from an activist news outlet:

This isn’t the first time Mayor Lucas has shown his anti-Palestinian bias. As previously reported by The Defender, Mayor Quinton Lucas silenced Emreson “Jaz” Hays by withdrawing Hays’s zoning board nomination after Hays spoke out against israel.

In an open letter to local leaders, the Kansas City Defender detailed how leaders in Kansas City betray a storied legacy of civil rights activism by openly supporting an apartheid and genocidal regime.

“Let’s dispel a convenient fiction that some, such as Mayor Lucas, deploy as a rhetorical smokescreen: The claim to empathize with Palestinians while simultaneously supporting israel is a moral paradox that disintegrates under scrutiny.”

On the same docket, Councilmember Nathan Willet proposed a resolution that would fuel even more anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hate. Willet’s resolution—which aimed to amend a previous resolution adopting a “Working Definition” of antisemitism—would add a WHEREAS section to include the events from October 7, 2023, but no mention israel’s years of illegal occupation in Palestine.

Lucas took to X to address both Bunch’s and Willet’s resolution stating, “We are here to legislate for the people of Kansas City for real-life solutions that we can control. I value all views, but cannot support the dueling messaging items on today’s City Council docket.”

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