I have been talking about crime for
a long time now.
And let's remember what
happened last year.
As children were getting gunned
down in their backyards,
in their cars, in the streets.
People were begging governor Parson for
a special session to get to
the root causes of crime.
And he said he has to stay in his lane.
It's not his responsibility.
Crime has gotten worse under his watch.
He's been governor for years,
Lieutenant Governor for years.
He's been in the legislature for
over a decade.
And so all of a sudden he's waking up and
finding himself where crime has
increased across our entire state.
The issue here though,
is that in the special session,
he's not getting to
the root causes of crime.
There certainly are bipartisan
bills that are being passed.
But they're not getting to the root causes
of why crime happened in the first place.
>> What are those root causes?
>> So I put out a opportunity agenda for
black Missourians to address some
of the root causes of crime,
economic opportunity, economic
empowerment, education, healthcare.
But until we address those issues and
get weapons off our street,
illegal guns off of our street,
violent crime will continue to occur.
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