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Just about every social media group and neighborhood surveillance forum in Kansas City is jam packed with residents crying out in vain over rampant gunfire and illegal fireworks.
The 4th of July tradition seems to be increasingly angering locals as the plague concludes.
However . . .
In the aftermath of a cultural shift, homeowner griping confronts increased scrutiny from progressive critics.
A private Midtown FB group has devolved into a blood feud thanks to this well-placed bit of commentary: So much privilege apparent in this post. These complaints are really just another excuse to harass young people of color at night. Fireworks are sold by the cartload in the suburbs and in rural areas but your complaints aren t directed at wholesalers. You d rather target Black and brown children with your frivolous calls to police. Shame on you. All I see is just more . . . oppression and neighborhood associations wanting to enforce systemic racism on the community . . . Y