Blame Game: Mayor Q Disputes More Funding For Kansas City Police

A report from our favorite hipster magazine is worth highlighting because 12th & Oak is now attempting to blame shift a historic rise in homicides during the tenure of Mayor Quinton Lucas. 

The crux of the talking point . . . 

MAYOR Q BLAMES STATE CONTROL FOR HISTORIC RISE IN HOMICIDES!!!

Consider . . . 

That argument might work if the governance structure of Kansas City hasn't been the same throughout the modern history of this cowtown.

Let's not forget . . .

When civil unrest was right at the doorstep of Kansas City and Missouri riots in Ferguson dominated the nation . . . KCMO remained calm and offered up prayers instead of riots and fighting with cops that occurred during the 2020 BLM "mostly peaceful" riots.

Still . . . 

As we see property crime take center stage this Summer and rising homeowner outcry regarding the lack of prosecutions and enforcement . . . Mayor Q casting blame at Jeff City isn't even a new trick and a "hot potato" tactic that local "progressives" have using for nearly a decade.

In fairness . . . Here's the report that takes Mayor Q at his word . . .

“What [Amendment 4] means for us when they direct our budgeting, other than the fact that it is unfair, it is arbitrary that it is applied to only Kansas City, and it hasn’t improved a public safety benefit for a city that has experienced its highest ever homicide rate in two of its last four years in its history—all those things make it clear [the system] doesn’t work,” Mayor Lucas told The Pitch in an interview. “The current system doesn’t work. We need more accountability, not less… We need more innovations in policing, not less.” Lucas explained that he doesn’t believe an increase in funding for the KCPD will be useful in countering rising violent crime.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

The Pitch: Mayor Quinton Lucas condemns Amendment 4’s increased funding to state-controlled KCPD

Developing . . .