Kansas City Activists Defend Release Of Former Suspect In Shaun Brady Killing

But first . . . A headline about Black/Brown unity tugged at our heartstrings until this sophomoric line emerged that looks like something TKC might've been forced to read in 1997 . . . Check-it:

"Indeed, by playing into the manufactured racial divisions of white colonial ideology, we have assimilated into their power structures and internalized colonialism."

 Now . . .

Grown ups understand that not every suspect that is cleared is innocent . . . There's just not enough evidence for authorities to proceed . . . That's life in the American legal system that isn't perfect but still is one of the best on the planet . . . 

Nowadays we shy away from making declarative statements but we're compelled to share this axiom.

Just as not EVERYONE in jail is guilty, not everybody who avoids incarceration is innocent. 

That seems like commonsense and nothing too controversial . . . But it's a line of reasoning that's often missing from so many local anti-police activists who often mistakenly & dangerously seem to think that all convicts are freedom fighters . . . And forget that MOST OF THEM are just creeps.

Meanwhile . . . Here's how the KC Defender views the episode . . .

"How many Black boys and men are still in jails because of these racist practices of KCPD, we must ask ourselves? It’s a haunting question—and one that should make every Kansas Citian reconsider the narratives they’ve been incessantly barraged with about public safety and justice.

"This case also highlights the urgency of abolitionist movements in Kansas City. Organizations like Decarcerate KC, Operation Liberation, and Reale Justice Network have long sounded the alarm about the dangers of criminalizing rhetoric and the inherent racism of policing, which originally began as slave patrol."

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

KCPD Snatches Random Black Teen Off the Street, Falsely Accuses Him of Murder, Then Quietly Lets Him Go After 3 Months

For three months, a Black teenager sat in a Kansas City jail, accused of a murder he didn't commit. L.M.'s life was ripped apart by police who pinned a crime on him with no evidence, then quietly dropped the charges. How many more Black children will this system destroy?