Based on the references to the small city of Wellston made by the reporter in the video clip above - the people living in the St Louis metro-area are none too surprised about violence and murder in Wellston. When 7 people get shot, however, even they are surprised.
I am not writing this to "pick on Wellston". It appears to be a poor city with little hope.
The purpose for this post is to bring to attention the problem with VIOLENCE in our community and to make further note about how the attempt to hijack our consciousness as we are compelled to focus on THE DEATH PENALTY is merely an attempt by those who have strong influence over our people to avoid making note of the needed change of course that confronts them.
The words "A shocker even for this {fill in the blank}" is typically reserved for an attack against some former Confederate state based on the prevailing discourse among Black people. The sentence makes reference to an existing baseline expectation for the plot of land in question, noting that the level is INFERIOR to that which is seen in other areas and then it proclaims that even the low level of expectations have been violated.
If this was the repetitive occurrence in the South and had a racial angle - it would be aggressively pursued as such by the "Civil Rights Pharisees". Their indictment would call for "the protection of Black people" from the blood thirsty attackers who have no respect for Black life.
Unfortunately when it comes to the issue of "Street Pirate On Black Murder" there is a measure of SELF-INDICTMENT involved since one would have to argue that the Street Pirate's "lack of respect for Black life" was a fault of the community who's benign neglect allowed this consciousness to fester.
Wellston Missouri
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From Wikipedia:
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,460 people, 779 households, and 578 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,732.6 people per square mile (1,055.3/km²). There were 961 housing units at an average density of 1,067.5 per square mile (412.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.07% African American, 6.30% White, 0.45% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.06% of the population.
There were 779 households out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.3% were married couples living together, 44.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.64.
In the city the population was spread out with 35.7% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $18,596, and the median income for a family was $20,625. Males had a median income of $21,264 versus $18,917 for females. The per capita income for the city was $6,262. About 59.2% of families and 68.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 70.1% of those under age 18 and 78.6% of those age 65 or over. Wellston is one of the 10 poorest cities in Missouri.
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