There’s something contagious about being around someone who is passionate about something. Whatever it is they have on their heart, when you listen to their story and hear their thoughts, you want to be a part of it -- even if it’s something you know absolutely nothing about.
Listening to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker
left me with a sense of urgency this week. Together, with the Kansas City No
Violence Alliance, her goal is to stop violent offenders in their tracks, and
hopefully, put them on the path to better things. While her statistics about
the number of homicides in our city have begun to dwindle, the violence remains
deadly.
As I am writing this column, I just received confirmation
that the body that was found at The Bay waterpark, just minutes from where I
sit, was that of 14-year-old Alexis Kane, a student in the Hickman Mills School
District.
Our prosecutor was one-hundred percent correct when she said
this is unacceptable. Our kids, our babies, are paying the most horrific price
imaginable, and most likely over petty things. Whenever I hear bad news, which
is daily in my profession, I can’t help but think of my little boy, and how he,
along with all of his friends and playmates, deserves to live in a better
world. Stop the violence.
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