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Police Force Quits After Black Woman Elected Mayor
Topic Started: Apr 20 2015, 10:26 PM (346 Views)
Zechariah
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Police Force Quits After Black Woman Elected Mayor

Employees of one small Missouri town had an extreme reaction when residents elected their first Black female mayor: 80% of the police department quit, along with the city clerk and two other staffers.

Tyrus Byrd, a former Parma, MO city council member, was sworn into office as mayor last week, but she will have to deal with a police force with only one person. Five of the town's six police officers submitted letters of resignation last week, citing only "safety concerns," according to news station KFVS.

No one knows yet exactly what "safety concerns" would make a town's public safety officers quit en masse, but Byrd has said she is still determined to clean up the city. To make the mass resignations even more suspicious, KFVS also reported that when Byrd started her first day, the officers' resignation letters could not be found, and that computers had been wiped clean.

Byrd won a close election against longtime Mayor Randall Ramsey, who held the office for 37 years. The population of Parma is slightly more than 700 people, and Byrd won by less than 40 votes. The city attorney, clerk, and waste water treatment supervisor also resigned with the police officers.

http://www.refinery29.com/2015/04/85950/police-department-quits-after-town-elects-black-woman-mayor
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negroplease

Yea. Good riddance don't ya think.
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Zechariah
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Apr 20 2015, 10:29 PM
Yea. Good riddance don't ya think.
LOL, I totally agree. :D
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cisslybee2012
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If that's really true,

Then that's excellent news! :O

Missouri now has the opportunity to replace those people with some reasonable people. A similar thing happened when my oldest sister moved to NJ back in the early 70s. The whites on the street moved out just because she moved in, and it was a great move because the neighborhood became totally black and a very fine and clean neighborhood ever since.

Often, trash will remove itself with just a gentle nudge. :)
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cisslybee2012
Apr 21 2015, 12:14 AM
If that's really true,

Then that's excellent news! :O

Missouri now has the opportunity to replace those people with some reasonable people. A similar thing happened when my oldest sister moved to NJ back in the early 70s. The whites on the street moved out just because she moved in, and it was a great move because the neighborhood became totally black and a very fine and clean neighborhood ever since.

Often, trash will remove itself with just a gentle nudge. :)
Totally agree.
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PrayingVeryHard

Snidely Whiplash
Apr 21 2015, 12:37 AM
cisslybee2012
Apr 21 2015, 12:14 AM
If that's really true,

Then that's excellent news! :O

Missouri now has the opportunity to replace those people with some reasonable people. A similar thing happened when my oldest sister moved to NJ back in the early 70s. The whites on the street moved out just because she moved in, and it was a great move because the neighborhood became totally black and a very fine and clean neighborhood ever since.

Often, trash will remove itself with just a gentle nudge. :)
Totally agree.
Often, trash will remove itself with just a gentle nudge. :)

So very true!
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UTB

But the question remains, will she hire because of race, or will she hire the best qualified?
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