Why is a U.S. soldier in Iraq safer than a young black man in Kansas City? Because the Enemy in Iraq isn't as Dangerous as Blacks in Kansas City

Every city in the USA with a sizable black population has one: a nonprofit run by blacks dedicated to stop black on black violence/homicides/nonfatal shootings (many of these cities have multiple organizations competing for federal, state and private grant donations). 

In Kansas City, Missouri, the KC Mothers In Charge routinely sends representatives to homicide scenes in a vain attempt to try and compel the invariably black suspect to turn themselves in and stop the 'culture of violence' from perpetuating itself:

We believe that family members should not have to stand alone at the homicide scene of their loved one.  We are always on-call and ready to provide compassion, care, and support for grieving families.  Immediately following the tragedy of a homicide, KC MIC is contacted by the Kansas City Missouri Police Department and dispatched to the homicide scenes.  While police are securing the scene for proper investigation, KC MIC mothers provide trauma informed crisis counseling to family members of the victim.  As mothers who have been through the pain having our children stolen, we understand the incredible importance of peer-support to families during their darkest moment.

Oh, and they hold vigils for dead blacks (murdered by other blacks) and work with the various nonprofits in Kansas City - the Kansas City No Violence Alliance - dedicated to stopping... black on black violence. 

Is it working? 

No. 

Black people continue to be primary reason 54 percent white and 29 percent black Kansas City has a violent crime problem, with one criminologist noting, “It’s safer to be deployed as a soldier in Iraq than to be a young black man in Kansas City."

Of course, this professor of criminology fails to note the reason for this: fellow young blacks gunning down young blacks. [Crime statistics reveal Kansas City’s disturbing homicide trend, Kansas City Star, July 1, 2017]:

Reports on violent crime in Kansas City often take on the sound of a familiar drumbeat: Homicides are rising, shootings are up.  

But those alarming reports don’t always show the big picture. Over the past two decades, homicide rates have actually declined in Kansas City, as they have across the U.S.  

That’s the good news.  

The bad news? Kansas City’s stubbornly high homicide rate is decreasing at a slower rate and is still worse than most of the country — including Chicago, which is notorious for its violence. 

The most recent spikes in violence have been troubling: Kansas City’s 130 homicides in 2016 were the city’s highest since 2008.  

And so far this year, the city has counted 69 homicides — putting it on pace to top the year before.  

In general, Kansas City has grown safer over the past 20 years. But that safety is not distributed equally — some demographics are more likely to be victims of homicide than others. At most risk are young black men, said Ken Novak, professor of criminal justice and criminology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  

“It’s safer to be deployed as a soldier in Iraq than to be a young black man in Kansas City,” he said.  

Kansas City father Haji Williams isn’t surprised.  

Williams’ 18-year-old son Asaan was shot and killed two years ago in Seven Oaks Park at 37th Street and Kensington Avenue. He was months away from graduating high school. 

“I always felt he was going to be at risk just being in the inner city, because it’s easy to get caught up with the wrong crowd,” Williams said.  

Even though Williams raised Asaan in a close-knit neighborhood with positive role models, he saw the forces aligned against young men like him in the inner city: poverty, violence, guns and segregation. 

Like a growing number of Kansas City homicides, Asaan’s killing remains unsolved. 

So why is Kansas City worse? 

“I don’t have a good answer for that, and I wish I did,” Novak said.  

He says he has struggled with that because there are evidence-based initiatives in Kansas City — and they should be working. 

“I wonder to what extent that there is a culture of violence that is normal in Kansas City. And that’s not just of people who are engaged in violence or touched by violence, but just in general. Maybe everyone has a bit of that burden because that’s just the way Kansas City is. So even those of us less likely to be affected by violence are less likely to be involved or be as outraged as we should be.” 

Kansas City Police Department officials declined interview requests, either by phone or in person, but sent an email in response to a request for an interview about the local homicide rates and the recent increases. 

“To address the increased homicide rates we have recently utilized data to redeploy resources to areas where we are experiencing higher incidents of violent crime in Kansas City,” wrote police spokeswoman Stacey Graves. 

“...In addition, officers are encouraged to build relationships and trust in our community. We need those relationships to help keep our city safe. Working together and building relationships helps solve crimes, to include homicides.” 

Rosilyn Temple, executive director of the anti-violence group KC Mothers in Charge, said efforts to stop the killing have run up against a culture where violence is accepted and witnesses are reluctant to come forward.

Well, well, well... just who is doing all this killing in Kansas City that makes it ..."safer to be deployed as a soldier in Iraq than to be a young black man in Kansas City"?

Blacks.

The City of Kansas City is nice enough to have a police department that breaks down victim and suspect for us!

In 2016, there were 128 homicides:

• 79 percent of the victims were black (101) 

• 15 percent of the victims were white (19) 

• 5 percent of the victims were Hispanic (7)  

• 89 percent of known homicide suspects are black (85 of 95)* 

• 7 percent of known homicide suspects are white (7 of 95)* 

• 3 percent of known homicide suspects are Hispanic (3 of 95)*

In 2015, there were 109 homicides:

• 73 percent of the victims were black (80) 

• 17 percent of the victims were white (18) 

• 9 percent of the victims were Hispanic (10) 

• 73 percent of known homicide suspects are black (54 of 74)** 

• 22 percent of known homicide suspects are white (17 of 74)** 

• 2 percent of known homicide suspects are Hispanic (2 of 74)**

In 2014, there were 76 homicides:

• 62 percent of the victims were black (47) 

• 23 percent of the victims were white (18) 

• 14 percent of the victims were Hispanic (11) 

• 73 percent of known homicide suspects are black (43 of 59)*** 

• 20 percent of known homicide suspects are white (12 of 59)*** 

• 6 percent of known homicide suspects are Hispanic (4 of 59)***

Again, Kansas City is 54 percent white and 29 percent black, so you see just how disproportionate black violent crime is in the city.

This data, plainly available at the City of Kansas City website was strangely absent from the Kansas City Star article on violent crime in KC, which left the reader wondering why it's safer to be a deployed U.S. soldier in a war zone than a young black male in the city.

It's because black people kill other blacks in Kansas City at a rate far exceeding their percentage of the population in the city.

Strange how this same phenomenon plays out in New York City, Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Nashville and Charlotte...

* - For 2016, 33% of homicides have no suspect, meaning the percentage of black homicide suspects could be close to 95 - 97 percent of all homicides)

** - For 2015, 38% of homicides have no suspect, meaning the percentage of black homicide suspects could be close to 83 percent of all homicides)

*** - For 2014, 28% of homicides have no suspect, meaning the percentage of black homicide suspects could be close to 80 percent of all homicides)

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article159204444.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article159204444.html#storylink=cpy

At Intersection of 30th and Martin Luther King St in Indianapolis, Black Pastor Camps Out for 30-Days to "Stop the Violence"

In an area of Indianapolis with few whites, a black pastor who goes by the street name of "Past G" is camping out for a month to 'Stop the Violence'. 

This same pastor camped out back in 2015 with the same goal in mind, but Indianapolis registered its most violent year ever - courtesy of blacks - in 2016. 

S'mores, group singing and a campfire on the corner of 30th and MLK Street in Indianapolis wasn't enough to convince black people to stop killing other blacks. 

If at first you don't succeed, camp out again to stop black on black violence![Near northwest side pastor camps out for change, Fox 59, June 16, 2017]:

A near northwest side pastor is looking to camp out as a way to raise awareness about problems affecting his neighborhood. 

Pastor John Girton Jr, affectionately known as Past G, plans to spend the next 30 days in a tent near the intersection of 30th and MLK. This is something that Girton has done before; he first started the demonstration in 2015. 

“Last time was all about listening and hearing what people thought, this time is about delivering,”  Girton said. 

Using the vacant store fronts of a strip mall, Girton and his team of volunteers say they will provide important community resources for the entire thirty days. 

“Everything from job training, job readiness training, health care, infant mortality information, workshops, hiring events, and soft skills training,” Girton said. 

Girton added that mental health resources and city/state officials will also be on site to assist those that need help. 

While Girton and his initiative have support from organizations like Riley Children’s Hospital, Indiana University Health, Legacy House Victim Services, he says the support he has is only eclipsed by the support he still needs. Girton says that includes support from community members and those with the means and resources to help affect change. 

“They can see the tent and that’s great but I want them to see the solutions. We don’t want to wait until another tragedy happens we want to get in front of it,” he said.

We already know the solutions.

Restrictive covenants and sundown laws, protecting white home owners and white property owners from being victims of black crime and black dysfunction.

A Reminder Why Sundown Laws were Necessary: Scores of Blacks Attack Police in Knoxville, TN on Independence Day

Police in Knoxville confronted a crowd of 300+ blacks on Independence Day this past Tuesday night. 

It didn't end well for the police, as they were attacked by more than two dozen blacks. These blacks celebrated concepts of freedom, liberty and July 4th by shooting fireworks at police (two suffering injuries) and reminding any who reads this story that Africans in America believe they can do anything they want with few consequences. 

Scores of blacks attack cops and civilians in Knoxville on Independence Day

These blacks also targeted pedestrians who had the misfortune of passing near the large crowd of Africans in America, and they also fired fireworks at cars as they drove passed the revelers (no doubt overwhelmed with a deep sense of pride and patriotism). [Lonsdale crowd shoots fireworks at Knoxville police; 2 arrested, Knoxville News-Sentinel, July 5, 2017]:

 Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch said he plans to meet with church pastors and other community leaders in the Lonsdale community after several officers were attacked with fireworks by a crowd of several dozen people Tuesday night.

Two Knoxville Police Department officers suffered minor injuries, and two people were arrested on charges that include inciting a riot.

"It wasn't just firing fireworks off. We had those calls throughout the city," Rausch said Wednesday. "They were firing fireworks at people and at vehicles, making for an extremely dangerous situation. Our officers that responded to the initial calls were attacked by having fireworks shot at them.

"We're talking about serious, high-grade explosives - the types that go up in the air and provide professional-looking expositions and explosions. It wasn't a firecracker or a sparkler."

The chief said responding officers estimated the crowd at more than 300 people within a four-block area. Some among the crowd reportedly were carrying firearms, although there were no reports of gunfire, the chief added.

About 11:45 p.m. police were met by multiple groups of people who shot "very large fireworks directly at officers," according to an arrest warrant filed by KPD Officer Dylan Williams. "Large mortars were thrown directly at me from a group. ... This group had been told numerous times to leave the area."

Williams chased down one person holding a firework, and was attacked by a group of as many as two-dozen people as he attempted to take the man into custody.

"Immediately there were 20-25 juveniles and adults surrounding me and kicking and punching my body and head, as well as attempting to pull me off of the defendant," Williams wrote in the arrest warrant.

The suspect, identified by police as Jayron Mobley, 21, was arrested on charges of inciting a riot and evading arrest.

"Other officers arrived and pushed the defendants away and we took Mobley into custody," the warrant states. "(Mobley) then continued to yell and scream as we took him to the patrol car.

"The suspect's actions before and after arrest directly contributed to the 30-40 other suspects' behavior becoming much more agitated and more violent."

A juvenile female relative of Mobley also was arrested on charges of inciting a riot and assault, police said.

Williams suffered scrapes to his arm during the scuffle.

KPD Sgt. Sam Henard was injured when another group shot a firework at him, burning through his boot and injuring his toe, a KPD news release states.

A male juvenile wearing a mask and carrying a backpack with fireworks was taken into custody. He was cited for violation of curfew and released after his fireworks were confiscated, KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk said.

Mobley, who has no local record of previous arrests, was released on bond Wednesday morning. He is set for arraignment July 12.

Recent efforts to stop the violence

The attack comes amid city leaders' efforts to refocus on at-risk communities since the December 2015 fatal shooting of 15-year-old Zaevion Dobson in Lonsdale.

The city has proposed to donate $1 million in land acquired between Minnesota and Texas avenues and Sherman and Stonewall streets, and has also pledged some $1 million in infrastructure improvements toward the Emerald Youth Foundation's planned community center in Lonsdale.

Last week, Rausch and NBC's "The Voice" winner Chris Blue were among several speakers at Knoxville's second Save Our Sons summit aimed at eliminating violent deaths among boys and young men of color.

"It's deeper than just fireworks," Rausch said Wednesday. "We've been doing a lot of work in this community to keep tensions down, and to work with each other.

"We all know, this is an area that is challenged. This is an area where we've seen homicides, where we've seen issues. It just tells us we've got more to do."

Do you get why the southern states (and many cities in the north) had sundown laws now?

White Family Visiting "World of Fun" Amusement Park Surrounded by Massive Black Fight/Dysfunction Over July Fourth

Previously on SBPDL: No Dr. King, your daughter can't go to Funtown

It was never, never about discrimination against blacks without just cause, wantonly depriving our melanin-enriched friends of fun all because of their skin color. 

It was always because the invisible hand of economics (and its corollary, what we have dubbed the Visible Hand of Blackness) would ensure private businesses collapsed because of black bad behavior/black dysfunction. 

Now imagine being a white family from South Dakota, and you travel Griswold-style, to an amusement park in a nearby state. 

What happens when black bad behavior/black dysfunction ruins the trip? Well, just more proof why Dr. King couldn't send his kids to Funtown. [Large teenage brawl ruins out-of-town family’s experience at World’s of Fun,   Fox4KC.com, July 5, 2017]:

A family vacationing in Kansas City says their Fourth of July at Worlds Of Fun quickly turned into a nightmare when a huge fight broke out, and they were surrounded by dozens of teenagers fighting. 

Just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, a family of four from South Dakota was at Worlds Of Fun trying to catch a shuttle bus back to their hotel, but what happened as they waited is something they say they’ll never forget. 

“It started to get really packed, a lot of people coming in, and we decided to have the shuttle bus pick us up at 9:45 to get out of there and beat the rush,” said Michelle Gibson. 

As the Gibson family was leaving the theme park at the pick up and drop off area, they say dozens of teenagers started making their way toward them. 

“A group of kids had come up and they were being pretty rowdy, a lot of foul language, made us pretty uncomfortable. I explained to my kids, don’t stare, and just watch the fireworks, the fireworks were still going on, so we just tried to ignore them and move as far away as we could from them,” added Gibson. 

“I was videoing the fireworks display, then I heard a big smack,” Gibson said. “And there a fight broke out between two girls, they were down on the ground.” 

Gibson, her two daughters, ages 6 and 7, and her husband say they were surrounded by about 100 teenagers in a matter of seconds. 

“Everybody just started running in, kids from everywhere, they came from the parking lot, the grass, and at that point we were being pushed, there was stuff knocked out of our stroller. They were behind us, in front of us, beside us, and everybody was fighting then,” Gibson described. 

She was already recording the fireworks so she watched it all unfold on video as she wondered how to protect her young children. 

“How do we get out of this, I was so scared for my kids because they were hysterically screaming,” said Gibson. 

She says security eventually came and tried to get the crowd of kids to disperse. She says they weren’t allowing anyone back in, so their shuttle bus couldn’t get through. 

“It was over two hours we waited before they let them come, they knew we were waiting for them, they wouldn’t let us leave because there were kids everywhere,” Gibson said tearfully. “My daughters had to wet their pants.” 

They were eventually escorted onto the shuttle bus by security, but say the damage was already done. 

“It was hard to explain to the kids… they didn’t understand what was going on,” added Gibson, “Seeing one girl pulling another girl’s hair, how do you explain that to kids that are innocent.” 

Gibson says Worlds Of Fun offered them free passes and fast lane passes for Wednesday, and apologized for everything. She says she hopes no one else ever has to witness something like this, especially young children. 

“Something different has to go on there, I can’t believe this would happen at a family amusement park,” Gibson said. 

A spokesman for Worlds Of Fun says they are working directly with Gibson. He also says there is security in the park and in parking lot at all times, both uniformed and under cover.

Why was Martin Luther King deprived of the right to allow his children to attend Funtown?

Because if they were, other black children would also be allowed to attend the park.

It was never, never about discrimination against blacks without just cause, wantonly depriving our melanin-enriched friends of fun all because of their skin color.

It was always because the invisible hand of economics (and its corollary, what we have dubbed the Visible Hand of Blackness) would ensure private businesses collapsed because of black bad behavior/black dysfunction.

Funtown then... World of Fun today.

Jim Crow and segregation was never about discriminating against blacks, but about protecting white civilization from black dysfunction/ black violence.

At the end of the day, liberty and freedom is simply the ability to discriminate to protect your civilization and your posterity.