Lenexa man provides explosive metaphor for the post-traumatic stress of the holiday season

A Lenexa dude said he had a bomb strapped to his chest when he walked into the post office at 88th and Monrovia this morning.

The main lobby was not open yet but the man was able to communicate with the worker through the drop-off window inside the entrance. The worker went to retrieve money but when she returned, the man was gone.

About 10 minutes later, around 8:30 a.m., the man walked into the lobby of the Lenexa Police Department located about a block away from the post office and turned himself into police.

The man identified himself as the suspect police were looking for from the post office. He admitted he did not have a bomb strapped to his chest.

About 30 postal workers were evacuated throughout the ordeal and the Lenexa Police Department, which is next to city hall, was in lock down for a short time as a precaution.

And while the dude is probably just an average wacko, I'm going to do the same kind of speculating that so many others engage in when crime strikes minority communities. Therefore, TKC would like to contend that this is yet another example that the "White Man's Burden" isn't just a myth or an elitist concept but is actually destabilizing force in the world along with a form of psychosis that is responsible for the actions of crazy suburbanites and the otherwise inexplicable popularity of Toby Keith.