Kenneth I. Stokes is at it again. The Ward 3 Jackson City Councilman said "I'll cut that bitch out" during a city council meeting after a woman in the audience said something about his mother.
Bedlam ensued as a mob tried to take over the meeting. JPD Chief Rashall Brackney tried to shut down the meeting but Council President Vernon Hartley resisted. The Council voted 4-3 to recess the meeting for an hour.
The video and transcript are posted below. It should be noted that Ward 4 Councilman Bryan Grizzell, he of estrogen fame, was the first member of the Council to leave the room while the female
Transcript
Council President: "Please, now, you had your three minutes and that's it. Right now, the councilman from this... is speaking. Please respect and honor that. Please."
Councilman Stokes: "Mr. President, you don't have to keep asking them not to speak. We speaking for poor people. We gonna speak for those citizens that still drive Bailey Avenue with no lights on the bridge. We gonna speak for those people who drive on Fortification Street with no lights on the bridge. We gonna speak for those people who live on Mayes Street where the bridge is closed. We understand you bougies think y'all better than the poor, and you want to come here and say we don't need money. We have an item on the agenda, where we gonna ask this Mayor, listen to anybody who want to come to this city and bring some money to help these poor people and these poor neighborhoods. Our streets need to be paved too... And you think we gonna keep turning down the money, let Brandon get it, let Richland get it, let Rankin County and Madison County get it, and the only thing we get in Jackson is excuses? Hell yeah let's do some datacenters. Bring some money to Jackson. And I'm ready to vote. Thank you."
Council President: "That concludes the introductions of ordinances..."
Councilman Stokes: "Mr. President. Now she did mention my mama. My mama taught school, and she was a good lady. Now I don't fight women, and I'll never fight 'em. But I'll cut that b**** out."
(The crowd erupts in shock; attendees stand up and begin shouting)
Councilman Stokes: "She talked about my mama! She talked about my mama! Y'all take the rags off your head, y'all not Muslims!"
(The crowd continuously chants "Kick him out!" for nearly a full minute as police attempt to restore order)
Police Officer: "Would everyone please be seated. We have a meeting to conduct here. Please be seated. Lower our voices so that the meeting can continue... If this meeting cannot be conducted in a right, decent manner, we will have to close the doors for public safety and everyone will be moved to the outside... If there is another interruption or disruption of a public meeting, I will clear this room."
Councilwoman: "Hold on a minute, please be seated. At some point we need to learn some manners in the city of Jackson. It doesn't matter who's the president or who's in charge... we need to learn some manners in the city of Jackson, okay? We need to respect everybody... And we need to recess and go home for the day."
Council President: "No, we are not going to do that, we are going to conduct the business of the people. We will not allow 15 seconds, 20 seconds heated things to interrupt the other two hours that we have to go and pay the bills and doing the business of the city. We will not."
Councilwoman: "Wait a minute... We have to be respectful. I'm a woman, and we have to respect each other. We can't call women out their name... I think everybody needs to take a recess, just like the chief said, and get ourself under control, okay?"
(A motion is made and seconded to recess the meeting for an hour)
Council President: "It's been properly moved and second that we recess for an hour. Discussion, council members."
Councilwoman: "Mr. President, what's the position of you as the president of the council?"
Council President: "I am in control of the meeting. I direct the meeting... we try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. But what we're asking is please, let's do stuff decently and in order. Councilman Stokes, please. Concerning your behavior, sir."
Council President: "The motion on the floor is that we recess for an hour... Colleagues, what is your will? Shall we recess for an hour? All in favor? ... All opposed? It's been voted four to three that we recess for an hour. We are recessed."
37 comments:
What are "bougies"? Did Stokes insult my race or my mama?
Another female cop with zero command presence.
The City Council is a joke and would make a great sit-com. Sadly, it's real.......
Mr. Raw Boo Boo with another masterclass in local politics.
Skyhook's wife
Forever the circus that is Jackson City Council...
I genuinely don’t know if this is hilarious or sad. “Take them towels off y’all head y’all ain’t muslim” is SO FUNNY but then the woman on the council plays victim about being a woman after the woman police chief can’t restore order. What a fucking joke all around LOL
Why did nobody go to jail?
Water and sewer was nonfunctional and had to be taken over and infused with $900 million in federal taxpayer money. Crime is rampant. The streets are in disrepair. The zoo has failed. The parking meter contract has lost money. The police department is in shambles. But instead of working to solve problems, they are trying to name streets for a child in Senatobia and cussing and feuding in a council meeting. It's literally a third-world city. These people are clowns.
Immature dumb asses!
Is there a law you have to have comments?
12:18, slang for a member of the bourgeoisie, which is technically middle class but common usage now implies haughty upper class.
Strange, but I don't remember antics like this during the Danks administration.
Stokes is a product of his environment. Talking about my Mama does not incite me. We have to have decorum! Mr Stokes behavior does not speak for the entire body of the City of Jackson.
PS I do not live in Jackson, now that was some sad shit!
Exhibit A Display of sub par behavior. Do you really think these folks can run Jackson Water? Or parking meters?, or a zoo ? or a convention center ? Or …manage a grant to reduce crime ? Or an animal rescue, or pave roads ..the list goes or forever and the grifting never ends
12:22 - "Another female cop with zero command presence." And I would add, zero respect from the officers on the street.
Well this is who the citizens voted for.
What an embarrassment stokes is. No emotional intelligence, and he is aware of "clip farming" to make people laugh so he can get on another Rita Brent comedy show. This city is a joke, and it is only down hill from here, right along with the whole country because everyone who should be in power is actually doing something useful for humanity and wouldn't want to be associated with these buffoons
"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation ..." - Abraham Lincoln
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country ..." - JFK
"Mr. Gorbachev: Tear down this wall! ..." - Ronaldus Maximus
"Take dem rags off yo head ..." - STOKES
"It should be noted that Ward 4 Councilman Bryan Grizzell, he of estrogen fame, was the first member of the Council to leave the room while the female "
You sure about that, Kingfish?
I listened to the whole meeting. Stokes is a legend and those women deserve it
Once again, Stokes is on the right side of the policy debate. He wants data centers and their tax revenue in Jackson to help the city versus just going to the suburbs. I guess these people he’s fighting with are the Lumumba crowd
Does Brian Grizzell grab his purse when he gets up to leave?
That dude eats at more restaurants than you can imagine. I don’t get how a “public servant” gets to go out to eat for every meal, but he does.
Meanwhile Stone Cold Patriot Ashby Foote sits stoically, having witnessed so much of the same zoo-like behavior over the years. Mayor Horhn does similar, and Kevin “Sparky” Parkinson flees the calamity in an instant. Female councilman #1 claims she is the victim of this whole ordeal, Mister Hartley tries and fails to restore order, and female councilman #2 (mute) did not have much opinion, other than wondering when lunch would be served.
Councilman Stokes stated "I will cuss a bitch out", not cut a bitch out.
"bougie" = Haitian Creole translation of bourgeois is
boujwa = bourgeoisie
Remind me again why the City can't do an audit on time, why the water wasn't safe to drink, why untold millions of gallons of raw dookie was in the streets and rivers, and why the zoo still is broken in The City With Soul?
And will, until their dying breath, keep voting for. Stokes is a product of his supporters. A huge child.
KF should charge a fee, this level of entertainment shouldn't be free.
Why not just remove the people who yell at the council from the audience?
You know, like a bailiff in a courtroom.
Well he's an excellent example of West Jackson citizenry.
The way to restore order Dokka Chief is to kick out the peanut gallery. Not the council member.
Stokes better have some security, the muslims might come by and cut his head off.
Wasn't it the portly Mr. Stokes who once proclaimed, "Yo Mama" at another council meeting or in front of a camera? Circa 2012 if I am remembering correctly. What a clown, but he is a prime example of his constituency.
You just told us in one short sentence why you probably you aren't a PhD claiming to be a
recognized expert in the areas of harm reduction, procedural and restorative justice practices, and community-police relations. Her teaching and research interests focuses on police legitimacy, transparency, and discretion, as well as deconstructing and dismantling institutions of supremacy.
He has been disruptive on at least one occasion hisself...
Stokes is the Mississippi version of Donald Trump...... FIRE, READY, AIM! They are both clowns. Trump is just infinitely more dangerous!
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