Skeptics might discount this show of emotion . . . However . . . From our vantage we don't doubt Mayor Q's sincerity and his reaction is understandable from anybody who REALLY cares about all of the lives lost over the current uptick in violent crime.
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“I’ll make a final point, because these things do matter to me,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said near the end of the meeting. “Since I’ve been mayor, probably more than 600 people in this city have lost their lives to homicide.”
He said it pains him to see teenagers involved in crime.
“There is a bigger challenge in this community with what’s happening with our teenagers…” His voice trailed off as the audience watched Lucas tear up and leave the meeting before it adjourned.
It took Lucas 10 minutes to come out and join his scheduled news conference to talk about plans to bring back the jail on the 8th floor of KCPD headquarters.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Kansas City mayor, in tears, tells police board that juvenile killings are 'getting to me'
In the final few minutes of a Kansas City Board of Police meeting where juvenile crime and juvenile victims dominated the discussions, Mayor Quinton Lucas teared up and left before the meeting ended.
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