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Most Of Police Force Quits After Black Woman Elected Mayor
refinery29.com ^ | APril, | MEREDITH CLARK

Posted on 07/14/2015 12:50:09 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

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. And, according to the New York Times, no one seems to wants to guess, or even speculate about, the real reason for the mass exodus.

....The city attorney, clerk, and waste water treatment supervisor also resigned with the police officers. ...

This post has been updated. It was originally published on April 20th.

Correction: A headline on an earlier version of this post on Facebook mistakenly stated that the entire police force had resigned — it was 80%. We apologize for the error.

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To: WayneS
Maybe they saw what happened to Baltimore...

Parma is a little rural town down in the SE corner of MO, far away from the influence of metropolitan machine politics. I don't think the political dynamics are anything like Baltimore.

81 posted on 07/14/2015 2:43:13 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: ifinnegan

This is why after the story INITIALLY got out, was BURIED by the mainstream media.

The story was on the front page of liberal Yahoo! and then...as it became apparent the Democrats were being the racists....it got ignored and not heard from.

Doesn’t fit the template, and very very hard for the media to pretend the Democrats weren’t racist.

Why do you think the media basically IGNORES Tim Scott and Mia Love? Blacks who are conservative Republicans don’t fit their template, and therefore cannot be acknowledged.


82 posted on 07/14/2015 2:44:06 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper; Trailerpark Badass
This is why after the story INITIALLY got out, was BURIED by the mainstream media.

Lol! Looks like I should have read the earlier comments. So, the black female mayor is actually a Republican! I was right then, wasn't I, Trailerpark Badass, about not judging someone's politics based on their skin color?

83 posted on 07/14/2015 2:50:33 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ifinnegan; Trailerpark Badass
the town is 2/3 white, 1/3 black and she won by a landslide. ... She is a Republican and a Christian missionary.
84 posted on 07/14/2015 2:53:16 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Call me Captain Obviousman, but why does a city of 700 some need a police force all of it’s own?


85 posted on 07/14/2015 2:57:00 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (I love my dogs, but a .45 is man's best friend...)
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To: Aut Pax Aut Bellum
Call me Captain Obviousman, but why does a city of 700 some need a police force all of it’s own?

Too often, because there's things going on that they don't want outsiders (county Sheriff) sticking their nose into.

86 posted on 07/14/2015 3:01:56 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: dfwgator

Shhh let them go...it’s precious watching them defend a corrupt Democrat political machine.


87 posted on 07/14/2015 3:05:57 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: tacticalogic; MeshugeMikey

That’s smaller than the population of my subdivision. I guarantee I’d know the houses of the mayor, police chief, police officers, etc.


88 posted on 07/14/2015 3:08:31 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
That’s smaller than the population of my subdivision. I guarantee I’d know the houses of the mayor, police chief, police officers, etc.

I live right outside a town just about that size. Everybody either knows where you live, or knows somebody who does.

89 posted on 07/14/2015 3:14:18 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

One has to ask whether this is because the newly elected mayor is a black woman or because her opponent had been mayor for 37 years. That’s right - 37 years.

Maybe those cops and a few others who resigned were worried that their days of stiffing the town of Parma were over. Maybe they were worried about being charged with a few crimes.

I don’t know. Just sayin’ there is more to this story than we have been told.


90 posted on 07/14/2015 3:54:22 PM PDT by CdMGuy
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To: MeshugeMikey

Resignation is preferable to being fired for...


91 posted on 07/14/2015 4:51:44 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Just a wild guess, based on recent history: the woman is incompetent and these folks are getting out before they get blamed when everything goes to hell.
Can't say as I blame 'em.
92 posted on 07/14/2015 5:11:03 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Amagi

Yes.

there may be an r after her name but the look on the face says hardened angry black marxist


93 posted on 07/14/2015 6:54:09 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: FreedomPoster

but...would you publish names and addresses just because you could?


94 posted on 07/14/2015 6:59:25 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: CdMGuy

considering the size of the town....there may not be much more news...forthcoming


95 posted on 07/14/2015 7:01:40 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Aut Pax Aut Bellum

I’m not fami;iar with the location proximity to other municipalities...or what other law enforcement might be available to them. without that info I have no good answer


96 posted on 07/14/2015 7:03:31 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Vendome

she looks somewhat deranged I have to admit


97 posted on 07/14/2015 7:04:25 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Parma, Mo. population 713.


98 posted on 07/14/2015 7:05:05 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Eddie01

Wow. That brought back memories, mostly TVs with no remotes. ;)

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99 posted on 07/14/2015 7:07:50 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: MeshugeMikey

No, I absolutely would not.


100 posted on 07/14/2015 7:15:22 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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