Newly Elected Black Mayor Locked Out Of City Hall By Police

[Unknown Beatle]

Earlier this week, news surfaced that the election of an African-American mayor had had prompted police officers in Parma, Missouri to resign in protest.

Today's news from Kinloch, Missouri is much, much more disturbing.

Betty McCray was not only prevented from entering city hall, she was also told she’d been impeached before she got a chance to start.

McCray ran for mayor in the April 7 election and won.

“I won. The people spoke,” McCray said. “I was sworn in by the St. Louis County. Today I take office. I want them out, I want the keys.”

After the election results were certified earlier this week by the St. Louis County Board of Elections, Kinloch’s outgoing administration refused to allow the city clerk to give McCray the oath of office, claiming voter fraud.

“Today is the first day that that the city hall door has been unlocked. They keep it locked,” McCray said. “You got to beat and you got to bang (to get in). They have an officer police sitting right at the door.”

One of the hallmarks of our democracy has been the ability to honor election results and peacefully transfer power to the newly-elected administration, whether it be mayor or president. This really cannot stand.

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[Xipe Totec]

1. Once this is over, the first action of Her Honor, the Mayor, will be to fire every living fucking...

asshole who blocked her.

As it should be.

Fall on your swords, mother fuckers!

[elehhhhna]

2. feds should come bust them for insurrection

[myrna minx]

3. Unbelievable. she must have nerves of steel. K&R

I hope she fires each and every one of those racists/misogynists.

[Jesus Malverde]

8. Did you see the video?

It's all one race that's fighting.

[sharp_stick]

12. Of course it is

this is a tiny little fiefdom that used to be an African American community.

[enough]

9. Apparently it's not a racial issue, since the former mayor, council, etc.

in this town of 300 are also black. Not sure about the misogynist part, though a recent former acting mayor was female.

[Downwinder]

4. Kinloch, Missouri population 300.

More than 20 police officers?

Police State?

Not much!

[A Simple Game]

11. That other town with the cops that resigned had a disproportional police to citizens ratio.

How do they support so many cops? Speed traps, confiscations?

[beam me up scottie]

5. What a courageous woman.

Stay strong, Betty McCray, the whole world is watching.

[sharp_stick]

6. You mean by the previous black mayor

and the previous black council?

[3catwoman3]

7. That is outrageous.

Too bad we couldn't have locked the White House door after Bush's fraudulent election.

[Jesus Malverde]

14. DUZY....nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. THAT is a coup d'etat.

[Jack Rabbit]

13. Has anyone thought to ask when the "impeachment vote" was taken and who voted which way or the other

Those details seem to be AWOL.

[dmr]

16. It's in the mail -

that's what the city attorney told her when she asked.

This is disgusting and brazen in-your-face corruption interference .

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. City attorney has now admitted he lied about that

Update: A lawyer for Kinloch says he misspoke after this story aired. He says the new mayor is not impeached, she is suspended. They realized there is a process that the city must go through before they can impeach her. He says the mayor has been served with articles of impeachment on Thursday. Newly-elected mayor Mayor Betty McCray says she never got them. Kinloch cannot hold an impeachment hearing until 30 days after the papers are served.

http://fox2now.com/2015/04/23/new-kinloch-mayor-blocked-by-police-from-entering-city-hall/

The TV reporter asked for a copy of the letter that claimed she was 'suspended'; they said they would mail it to them and it might take 3 days. Smells like BS to me.

[Jack Rabbit]

22. Thank you for the update

This process to remove an duly elected mayor of Kinloch seems a bit opaque.

A democratic system needs transparency. What we see here is Mayor McCroy being prevented from taking office and shadowy city officials stonewalling as to how or why that has happened. Where were the public hearings in which charges against the mayor were even discussed?

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. That's just what I had thought

There may be some process that had already been established for this - after all, it is possible for mayors to do something wrong, and they may have prepared for that. But it would surely be a public process, rather than a lawyer telling her there's something in the mail telling her she's suspended. She was elected, apparently fairly (they seem to be talking about ineligible people voting, but if that's the case, the County Board of Elections ought to be involved, and they certified the result that elected her). She's the elected representative, and the onus should be on them to show what was wrong before they can resist her.

[They_Live]

15. This town is just east of Ferguson

and part of St Louis...

[romanic]

20. It must be an epidemic.

Down there.

[Yallow]

17. Can The United States Expel A State?

After what I have seen from both Dems and Republipukes in Missouri, I think
their state should be thrown out of the union.

Ferguson times a thousand.

I truly think Mammon runs the place.

[allan01]

18. part of the blue conspiracy eh?

on update i had read that the city attorney had sent her impeachment charges .i think the whole lot should be fired
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/newly-elected-black-mayor-locked-out-city
link to updated story.

[KauaiK]

19. So when is the Governor going to call out the Nat'l Guard?

He did so quickly in Ferguson.