Her experience as a motorist that day resulted in being the target of road rage from  a white male in his forties. Chuck Stites, the man behind the road rage, also happens to be the City Councilman of Edwardsville. According to Ms. Chatmon, Stites nearly hit her on the road after she attempted to make a right turn. What happened afterwards was shocking and hurtful to the teenage girl.

“He was just saying things like go back to Baltimore then he called me a black n****r b*tch,” Chatmon said. Ms. Chatmon’s assessment of the incident may not be far-fetched in the least bit. According to The Chieftan, publication that serves Edwardsville and surrounding areas, Stites was profiled as a candidate during his campaign for City Councilman back in March of this year, where he discussed his 23 years of service for the Kansas City Police Department, and his desire to address the needs of the police and fire departments. You can view that profile here on this link. In years past, this incident could have possibly been written off as a coincidence, but given the current elevated climate we  live in under the system of racism/white supremacy, and his long time experience as a police officer, Stites’s remarks towards Chatmon on May 3rd must be taken seriously.

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by B. Clark