“Y’all Aint Doing Nothing”: St. Louis Residents Lash Out At Public Officials

By Cam Edwards

At a “town hall” on gun violence Wednesday evening, St. Louis residents got mostly canned speeches and platitudes from elected officials in attendance at Harris-Stowe University. According to KSDK-TV, many in the crowd were there hoping officials would listen to them, not the other way around.

Most of the evening consisted of prepared speeches from elected leaders and organizers only allowed ten questions from the crowd. Dozens lined up for the chance to speak.

That meant sometimes the audience didn’t wait for an open microphone to speak out.

“We are hurting bad,” said one woman in the crowd. “We had to bury five people in our family within two days.”

“Y’all ain’t doing nothing. Why does the north side look like that?” said another man, who interrupted Public Safety Director Judge Jimmy Edwards’ speech. The man also called for the firing of SLMPD Police Chief John Hayden, before being escorted out of the building.

St. Louis has long been one of America’s most violent cities, and local politicians tend to place the lion’s share of blame on Missouri gun laws. In fact, Congressman William Lacy Clay, whose district includes much of St. Louis, told the crowd on hand …Read the Rest

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