It seems like only yesterday when many of us, in the shadow of events in Ferguson, dealt with The Oathkeepers, a group of self-styled militia men who appeared because they said they were called.
A call this morning to the KCPD verified that no militia groups were ever contacted about showing up to protect monuments, nor, according to the KCPD, would they ever call on a non-authorized outside party to carry guns in defense of any part of the city.
The appearance by the group highlighted differences in police enforcement in America, contended activists present.
Activists asked loudly why a group armed with open-carry AR15s would be allowed to walk the street in this way with no clear answer. “If these men were black,” contended one protestor, “the cops would not be just standing back and watching. This is violence. Having a group walk around with guns like this is yeah it’s crazy”.
The group arrived on the day the Daughters of the Confederacy announced they would support removing a monument to confederate soldiers placed in a Kansas City, Missouri park.
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After much hubbub — and an act of vandalism — a Confederate monument at 55th Street and Ward Parkway in Kansas City was boxed up Sunday in preparation for removal.
The Missouri Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy asked Kansas City Parks and Recreation officials to remove the monument from its current location to a place of safety.
The monument had earlier been vandalized with a hammer and sickle, but authorities say this isn't the first time the statue has been defaced. Often, like many statues, it was defaced in far more simplistic ways "Name+Name" or similar standard graffiti, which required park officials to clean it up.
Like most confederate monuments, the statue didn’t appear after the war, but much later.
Erected to the “Loyal Women of the Old South,” the local memorial’s purpose was to recognize the women who supported the Confederacy and slavery.
It was a 1934 gift to the city by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It originally stood in the Country Club Plaza but was relocated in 1958 to its present site, according to the Kansas City Department of Parks and Recreation website.
Never fear, Kansas City, a crack team of militia men are here to keep the peace.
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