Gun Violence in KC's East Side

Missouri ranked No. 1 in black homicides in the United States for the second time in four years, according to the Violence Policy Center’s annual study of victims.  http://www.vpc.org/press/1101homicide.htm

© 2011 Rachael Jane
Peggy, an East Kansas City resident gave testimony in church about her fear of her oldest son getting shot.  He bought a gun last week for protection.  Many kids his age are dying every week in gun battle on the streets of KC's East Side.

Homeless Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Son's Education

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I wonder how many upper class people who suddenly lost everything and were landed in a neighborhood like this woman or like Kansas City's East Side would also lie to take their kid to the other side of the tracks to get a fair chance in school?

KC's Food Desert Cont'd

Abandoned Country Mart grocery store on 31st and Prospect
© 2011 Rachael Jane

Abandoned Country Mart on 31st and Prospect
© 2011 Rachael Jane

Yesterday, I spoke with the receptionist at Operation Breakthrough.  I asked her if she knew of any grocery stores in the area that closed.  She recalled "Country Mart" on 31st and Prospect as being one.   It was her favorite store.  "It's terrible because old people and people without cars or means no longer can get the groceries they need easily," she said.