A staggering 80 percent  of city officials–including police officers & other city employees–resigned upon the swearing in of Ms. Byrd as the city’s new mayor. In a dominant society that promotes itself as being “post-racial” and the supposed leading country that supports the empowerment of women, it’s ironic that nearly all of the city’s power structure seems to be uncomfortable with the election of a Black female to the seat of the highest office in their city. In the same state that is still reeling from the ugly debacle surrounding Ferguson, this most recent incident delivers another devastating blow to the public’s recent perception of the “Show Me State”.

A video has been provided here which gives the scoop on this outrageous occurrence.

by B. Clark