Police Force Quits After Black Woman Elected Mayor

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Quote from: notlist3d on April 21, 2015, 09:06:35 PM

I have lived in Missouri before and can say it's not all like this. This sounds like a very sad/wrong situation.

I find it interesting previous Mayor "held the office for 37 years". Almost 40 years as Mayor is pratically a dictator ship. I've never had a Mayor near this long that I know of.

I grew up in a village that had the same mayor for 40 years. He was very much viewed as unassailable and was supported by all the local businesses because he ran a very business-friendly village. After he won his last election, he stepped down and had the Village Board (who always ran on the same ticket as him) appoint his son mayor so he wouldn't have to win the office in an election. The son then won reelection the next cycle, so I'd say the nepotism payed off. Small town politics is usually the worst form.

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Quote from: Salomon12 on April 22, 2015, 07:09:11 AM

But still thats such a upside down city/town whatever you want to call it. How could a mayor last 37 years? Shouldn't this guy have already retired? I would think most mayors last 10 years at most before they settle down and move onto something else.

Probably, he didn't had much of a competition. He personally knew most of the people in the town, and had the ability to please everyone. Not a rare situation in many of the micro-towns in rural USA.

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Quote from: neoneros on April 22, 2015, 08:08:21 AM

No more killing random black people?

Good question. What I mean is something more simple like relocating the police office, decreasing the budget, forcing them to use environmental friendly plastic bullets instead of good ole' FMJs, whatever.

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if only obama was a woman, then the entire police state would have had to close down over night when he was elected!

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Quote from: Snail2 on April 22, 2015, 07:54:08 AM

Anyone knows her program? Is there anything what can have an impact on the police force? Maybe the officers choose to quit because of they didn't liked something in her plans and not because of they are racists. We know nothing about their real motives.

No more killing random black people?

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Anyone knows her program? Is there anything what can have an impact on the police force? Maybe the officers choose to quit because of they didn't liked something in her plans and not because of they are racists. We know nothing about their real motives.

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When I read 80% I was thinking a larger number; not 4 out of 5 people Shocked

But still thats such a upside down city/town whatever you want to call it. How could a mayor last 37 years? Shouldn't this guy have already retired? I would think most mayors last 10 years at most before they settle down and move onto something else.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on April 21, 2015, 11:23:22 PM

Quote from: BADecker on April 21, 2015, 01:15:11 PM

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Good job, dont hand them over your governments, they will turn your country into Africa

Lagos, a city in Nigeria, has around 20,000,000 population. They are reasonably happy people... not to say that they are without their problems.

Why bring Lagos in to the equation here? Lagos is the hell on earth. A huge part of the population lives on overcrowded and filthy slums, lacking the most basic amenities. And this same city is being regarded as a role model by you?

That's a ringing sound of life way over there in Africa and I don't know much more about it. Enlighten us plz.

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Quote from: BADecker on April 21, 2015, 01:15:11 PM

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Good job, dont hand them over your governments, they will turn your country into Africa

Lagos, a city in Nigeria, has around 20,000,000 population. They are reasonably happy people... not to say that they are without their problems.

Why bring Lagos in to the equation here? Lagos is the hell on earth. A huge part of the population lives on overcrowded and filthy slums, lacking the most basic amenities. And this same city is being regarded as a role model by you?

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Let them walk, anyone with an attatude like that should never be a cop in the first place.

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Quote from: notlist3d on April 21, 2015, 09:06:35 PM

I find it interesting previous Mayor "held the office for 37 years". Almost 40 years as Mayor is pratically a dictator ship. I've never had a Mayor near this long that I know of.

La Mesa, CA Mayor Art Madrid made it 24 years. He was a douchebag who jumped on our family for PR when my brother was the victim of street racers in his city. He just got unseated, yay.

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What this makes me think of is many of the elder black folks viewing this article or those there in this town, are reminiscing of how things were back in the south in the 50s and 60s in terms of how they could be treated. Not saying these cops can't get other policing gigs if they move elsewhere but leaving a cush policing job of a town of less than a thousand is just unreal. Are their 'safety concerns' somehow linked to their neighbor state of Missouri and Ferguson in some strange way?

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I have lived in Missouri before and can say it's not all like this. This sounds like a very sad/wrong situation.

I find it interesting previous Mayor "held the office for 37 years". Almost 40 years as Mayor is pratically a dictator ship. I've never had a Mayor near this long that I know of.

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Police force getting politicized is a bad idea. Thankfully, it is only a small town.
So what happens when the next mayor comes in? You will have the existing cops resigning because a white mayor has been elected?

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That is a strange piece of news
For a population of 700 it's easy enough to know every other person in the town
So in my opinion safety concerns is a bullshit excuse to leave the force, or they were corrupt and didn't want the evidence unveiled.
(Or the mayor is evil but that would be a twist lol)

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That 80% of the police forces only make 5 people, so let's not make wild conclusions. Maybe they were sexists, since the previous mayor was a guy. What I find strange though, is that police forces are not the mayor' servants, they could have lived together. Anyway, that's a huge opportunity for the guy who stayed. Being the only one with experience, he'll be the leader when new people are hired.

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Any cop who quits because the mayor is a black woman should have never been given a badge.

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Disgusting to know that even today racism exists Angry

And quoting "safety concerns"? Wow!

Glad that those police officials resigned and may be better residents can get an employment opportunity.

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Elect a black woman, and the homocidal racist thugs in police uniform quit. Seems like a good solution to your problems in the USA. So all you republicans here, get Rice out of retirement...

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