Right now we want to bring together two polar opposite views and ask our blog community to decide a controversial subject for themselves.
So far this year it looks like the murder of children in this community tragically continues.
Additionally, we see Kansas City protestors stepping up their game and continuing their advocacy against police brutality.
To wit . . .
RIGHT NOW OUR BLOG COMMUNITY CONSIDERS THE PERSPECTIVE OF BOTH SUPPORTERS AND CRITICS OF KANSAS CITY POLICE BRUTALITY PROTESTS AND IF THESE ACTIONS CAN HELP REDUCE LOCAL VIOLENCE!!!
Here's a critical consideration of recent Kansas City police protests:
"Do you plan to highlight how very vocal groups are willing to travel to Jeff City, do "die-in's" there and all over our city, disrupt traffic, taunt police, etc, all in the name of bringing awareness to "police injustice", but are completely silent when it comes to babies being killed in our own neighborhoods?
"Not saying injustice at the hands of the police doesn't happen here, but how can people so passionate about "Black LIves Matter!" be utterly silent when it comes to infants being killed in drive-bys or the 70 or so people murdered in our own city?
"Frankly it is a slap in the face to every mother who lost a kid to violence in this city when One Struggle does an event for someone on the other side of the state but NOTHING when it comes to our own neighbors and friends being killed."
Someone needs to ask them why is it #BlackLivesMatter only when the police are responsible.
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And so . . .
WE REACHED OUT TO POLICE PROTESTORS AND HERE'S ONE ANSWER TO THAT CRITICISM!!!
"Addressing police violence IS addressing the accidental murder of children as well as targeted violence in Black Communities. When people have stress they often take it out on those around them. The more stress they have the more anger they are liable to express. In case anyone needs a personal anecdote to illustrate this very common human trait; I have seen this play out myself when cops harass and intimidate young people of color. The young people start bickering amongst themselves and this can escalate. White supremacy and police harassment are a stress factor for people of color. Eliminate this stress factor and violence in communities of color will be reduced . . .
"No movement is as strong as one led by the people who are most affected. Those who are concerned about murders in their own community and who are feeling ignored by protesters should engage in protests, die-in's, building memorials, demanding economic and social justice, and any other actions that they feel would benefit their own communities.
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Going forward, it's clear this argument will continue to rage throughout the urban core and amid the election season that has now started to address hot-button culture war issues like the minimum wage in KCMO along with advocacy for diverse communities in neighborhoods in terms of housing blight and increased access to social services.
Developing . . .
There are a people who protest and then people who work with the community to push legislation forward and try to make the our city a better place. Sadly, in KCMO that's rarely the same thing.
ReplyDeleteBetter question. Why aren't these protestors out protesting and denouncing the don't snitch culture?
ReplyDeleteHow come they are protesting the police who prefer to protect them instead of protesting the hard core criminals, thugs, gangsters, race baiters, antagonists, and other people causing the problems.
ReplyDeleteWhy are you asking stupid questions like this?!?!
ReplyDeleteCops aren't killing NIGGERS, NIGGERS are.
ReplyDeleteSTFU... It's Superbowl Sunday.
ReplyDeleteHow come these kids aren't fighting ISIS and Al-Qaeda?
ReplyDeleteHave to wait till the WE'RE's arrive for further opinion.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fucking moron-a-thon.
ReplyDeleteThe stupidity of these 'protesters' is beyond belief. MORE support for police, and MORE police brutality, MIGHT have a shot at curbing some of the violence.
HAHAHAHA I like how they blame the Police for blacks killing blacks. SO TYPICAL! always placing blame elsewhere instead of confronting the root. WHAT A JOKE!
ReplyDelete1:56 seems to get it.
ReplyDeleteProtests in Kansas City is basically happy hour at the local bar. It's a social function rather than a legitimate protest - and protest have solved absolutely nothing. Those working towards meaningful legislation? That's the battleground.
We will eat 1.25B wings during the Super Bowl
ReplyDeleteEnd poverty in our lifetime: sterilize baby mama!
ReplyDelete"White supremacy and police harassment are a stress factor for people of color."
ReplyDeleteJesus fuck already! Blacks already have the market on government jobs. What supremacy are they talking about now?
Gun violence is a crisis neo liberal policy. Marching brings attentention to the crisis of police brutality not just killer cops but cops who torture and engage in human trafficking
ReplyDeleteCops do not equal gang members. Get it straight. I don't know why people are so confused about this. Cops have to be held to a higher standard than gang members. Duh
ReplyDeleteThere's no legislation that is going to stop people killing each other over nothing.
ReplyDeleteThat involves character and behavior and what's mostly heard are endless excuses for the worst behavior possible.
Somehow I don't think that Michael Brown's behavior is a cause similar to civil and voting rights and MLK sure doesn't have much in common with Al Sharpton.
There's no "movement" that anyone with any sense is going to support or even put up with.
And when all you know how to do is complain and march around, anything that provides an excuse is good enough.
Charity begins at hhome.
You don't think lynchings were a civil rights issue?
ReplyDeleteThis wasn't the Junior League talking about charity out in the streets. The protest wasn't naive to think reforms could fix a broken system of state sanctioned violence but digging into the over all systemic issue of race, poverty, violence and mass incarceration. The protests of late doesn't expect demonstrations in themselves to bring about change but to drive the issues out in the open so they are a topic of public debate.
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