In a suburb of St. Louis last night, a crazed man with a history against the city council of Kirkwood, Missouri went into a city council meeting and opened fire, killing five people and leaving the mayor, Mike Swoboda, fighting for his life. Fortunately, Kirkwood officers weren't far behind, ending this idiot's rampage by ending his life. Charles Lee Thornton's problem with the city council? He had 150 parking tickets levied against him and his business for parking illegally on the streets. It was his perception that the city was harboring a racial bias against him because he's black. He had a history of disrupting city council meetings, having been charged twice with disorderly conduct. According to one witness, this guy would heehaw like a donkey, and make derogatory comments towards the director of public works and the mayor.
Now, I'm no lawyer, civil servant, or anything like that. One thing I do know though is that making donkey noises and calling civil workers names is no way to get your opinions heard. Then again, neither is taking a gun and going on a shooting rampage. Thornton's brother compared the actions of this moron as "going to war tonight with the people that were of the government that was putting torment and strife into his life". What?!?!?! You can't take action into your own hands, and your disturbed mental state, and go shoot five members of a city council and police department. That seems obvious, I know, however the fact that his brother is defending this idiot's actions is ridiculous.
The victims of this horrific act, city council members Connie Carr and Michael Lynch, Director of Public Works Ken Yost, and police officers William Biggs and Tom Ballman should be remembered as heroes of their city, trying to defend their laws and represent the people of their city. I can only hope that the Mayor Swoboda can recover from his gunshot wounds and go back and lead his city.
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