Mayor Quinton Lucas Denounces 'Colonial System' Of KCPD

We notice that this international report didn't get much traction locally and that's unfortunate because it deserves consideration. 

From our perspective . . . 

ANTI-POLICE CRITICISM AHEAD OF WHAT COULD BE ANOTHER VIOLENT SUMMER IS NOT ONLY FOOLHARDY BUT ALSO IRRESPONSIBLE!!! 

Consider . . . 

KCMO is going to rely and lean on police this summer and to call out a longstanding governance issue offers glimpse at Mayor Q once again choosing to political alliances over public safety. 

Moreover . . . 

CRITICS OF LOCAL CONTROL NEVER TELL US WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE WHEN THEY GAIN POWER . . . OTHER THAN LOOTING POLICE PENSIONS!!!

 Still . . .

Here's the setup and more reading for those who haven't seen this report yet . .   

Quinton Lucas said he thinks his city’s police department “is a colonial system”.

“I think it is anti-Black. I think it is anti-immigrant. I think it is anti-almost everything we stand for in terms of making sure that diverse populations in major cities have a voice in terms of navigating it,” the Kansas City mayor said.

In most cities, speaking this way about the local police would lose someone an election. But Kansas City’s political leaders have a problem that is unique among the nation’s large cities. They do not control the city’s police force . . .

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

Guardian: Blue city, red state battle: Kansas City feuds over 'colonial' police system

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