The back-to-back mass killings in Southern states have illuminated the gaping chasm between the priorities of Democratic cities and their Republican-led states.
“It’s an explicit prohibition on local governments,” Greenberg said. “To me, that is the biggest impediment.”1998 law that requires law enforcement
But just 20 miles south of Louisville, in Bullitt County, state representative Thomas Huff says the state shouldn’t grant Greenberg any additional control. “If I wore a Make America Great Again hat to Kroger just down the street, I’d have people asking me, ‘where can I get one of those,’” he said. “If I went in down Bardstown Road in Louisville, I’d probably get somebody that was going to either yell, scream, sick their dog on me, I don’t know — try to run me over or something.”
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