First and foremost, we want to start this post with a caveat . . .
TKC DOES NOT ENDORSE, CONDONE OR SUPPORT VIOLENCE AGAINST ANIMALS FOR ANY REASON!!!
Protester April Foster stood in Council Chambers and denied allegations from Kansas City Police claiming that she slapped a Dan the horse and spoke of her upbringing that involved caring for animals.
But more to the point . . .
Controversy over slapping a horse amid a smallish protest and clash with police over anger against Trump in the middle of Red State country kind of defines Kansas City during 2016.
April is our person of the year not for the charge against her or the probation and community service to which she was sentenced BUT because the dramatic circumstances surrounding her hot mess alleged horse slap EXEMPLIFY Kansas City politics this year.
Moreover . . . The controversy involving April vs. Dan the KCPD horse also epitomizes so much about the current state of our political discourse in Kansas City and beyond . . .
- Her critics obsessed about nasty pix online and thereby revealed that they spend most of their time searching the Internets for revenge pr0n.
- She took it from both ends as PETA denounced horse slapping and fellow liberals turned her in . . .
- The Trump Really ACCURATELY PREDICTED BY TKC was fun but not really that important given that the Prez-Elect won Missouri and Kansas by resounding margins.
- While the KCMO Democratic Party leadership rages against Trump, none of them were willing to take to the street like April and voice their concerns.
- The Radical Left and PYO Protesters are planning more demonstrations to challenge Prez-Elect Trump as his inauguration looms and controversy surrounding his Presidency and controversial Russian connections continue . . .
But more than anything . . .
This burg has counted 125 murders in 2016 and so much rage over a nasty run-in with a Kansas City police animal whilst battling the political ambitions of a reality TV star reveals that this really is a one horse town that's not a "smart' city after all.
You decide . . .
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