Kansas City has a new mayor - Sly James

[AllThingsKC]

Man rushes onto stage at mayor's State of the City address.

[loftguy]

At first, everyone thought it was theater.

Pretty frightening reminder of the vulnerability of leaders, to the ill and disenfranchised.

Sly is such a pro. Proud of him on many levels.

[KCPowercat]

Why do we have security again? They should be embarrassed.

[KCMax]

Jabulani Leffall?

[loftguy]

Why do we have security again? They should be embarrassed.

Sly's not the president. There is not that level of coverage.

You would have had to be there. I can not fault Marlin Bouie, the mayors bodyguard at all. Though he is likely faulting himself.

He handled a bad situation.

Seriously Powercat, that's a cold response.

[aknowledgeableperson]

Where is Harrison Ford when you need him?

[smh]

Where is Harrison Ford when you need him?

Kevin Costner?

[loftguy]

Where is Harrison Ford when you need him?

Kevin Costner?

Sly's not Whitney Houston, but that would make for an interesting contemporary remake.

[KCPowercat]

Why do we have security again? They should be embarrassed.

Sly's not the president. There is not that level of coverage.

You would have had to be there. I can not fault Marlin Bouie, the mayors bodyguard at all. Though he is likely faulting himself.

He handled a bad situation.

Seriously Powercat, that's a cold response.

I don't think it's cold, this could have been a really bad situation if this guy had worse motives. I'm glad they finally came and got him after he had time to walk up onto the stage, knock over a flag, push Sly away from the mic, grab the mic, and then rattle off a crazy sentence.

This was not a random walk through the plaza, this was a highly visible public speech, I would think they would be a little more aware about what was going on and movements in the crowd. Obviously he isn't the POTUS. Also, I'm not laying blame at his two personal guards' feet, it's more the who procedure of how KCPD is setup and prepared I have issues with. I would think there would be uniformed KCPD at the foot of the stage for example.

[chrizow]

BREAKING: TKC actually reports something interesting:

http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2013/03/ ... s.html?m=1

[Raytown Phoenix]

When the story first broke, did anyone else assume it was KJ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT_hOi_ZHGA

[scooterj]

"Imma let you finish, but Emmanuel Cleaver was one of the best mayors of all time!"

[KCMax]

"Imma let you finish, but Emmanuel Cleaver was one of the best mayors of all time!"

Sorry, but I'm stealing that for the KCRag Twitter feed. Well played.

[Raytown Phoenix]

I wasn't sure if they were tackling or dancing...nice to see the uniformed officer waited until it was over before he sauntered across the stage. #RyanSimsSecurityTeam

[chaglang]

BREAKING: TKC actually reports something interesting:

http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2013/03/ ... s.html?m=1

Which he then fumbled when he tried to spin it to fit his narrative.

[aknowledgeableperson]

Where is Harrison Ford when you need him?

Kevin Costner?

thinking of Air Force One where the president takes out the bad guy.

[FangKC]

Derron Black, the man who interrupted Mayor James speech, is running for mayor.

I doubt anyone who publically behaves as Black did this week will get much support for mayor.

http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/Ma ... index.html

[grovester]

I don't know, I think he's going ride that momentum for the TWO FUCKING YEARS UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.

[chaglang]

I don't know, I think he's going ride that momentum for the TWO FUCKING YEARS UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.

[AllThingsKC]

The mayor's son, Kyle James, was arrested in Johnson County for violating his probation for a past DWI.

I guess he's part of a reason why crime is up in JoCo.