Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson clashed regarding the use of the term “thugs” following the shooting incident at the Kansas City Chiefs Superbowl parade.
Lucas criticized Parson for using the term, accusing it of being racially charged.
“We can’t let some thugs just take over and ruin what happened,” Parson said.
“I have respect for the governor. We get along well. I disagree strongly with how he would describe that situation. I certainly do think this was criminal activity,” Lucas said.
“It was lawlessness, and I think that that’s troubling. But ‘thugs’ is a dog whistle in the most classic sense.”
“I’ve seen this dog whistle time and again. There’s this kind of giant conservative theory on social media now that the reason these mug shots haven’t been shown is because the purported defendants are black, and if it were a white defendant, we would have just shown them,” he said.
“That is absolutely preposterous. There are protections to juveniles,” he said.
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