Newsflash: Jail Is Rough & Newspaper Blames KCPD For Years Of Political Indecision

This hodgepodge column from a Pulitzer winner is full of accusations and hard luck stories that's mostly directed against KCPD WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT YEARS OF CITY HALL INACTION.

We're sharing this one mostly because it reminds readers to stay on the straight & narrow path because having any of these folks controlling your destiny is DANGEROUS . . . Here's the word:

"Let’s say — though most of those we send to Vernon County have not been convicted of anything, and if Jesus is your guy, he did say to visit the incarcerated — that inmate safety is not one of your top concerns. There are plenty of other reasons to want us out of this expensive and risky arrangement, which is also a needless legal liability for the city . . . This is yet another reason Kansas City needs local control of its own police department."

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

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