There was a homicide in the City of Lake Worth yesterday and that is a tragedy. But don't think for one second that some will not try to capitalize on this crime and take advantage this 'opportunity' presents. That is a brutal reality in Lake Worth. For some in our City any tragedy, especially a homicide, can be an opportunity to advance the anti-PBSO agenda.
The focus needs to be solving this crime and bringing the person(s) responsible to justice. Very little is known at this time about what occurred. What will be interesting to see is how this story is spun in the coming days and weeks.
There are many new residents in the City who have no knowledge of those terrible days in 2008 and 2009 which is the reason the LWPD was disbanded and PBSO brought in to patrol the City streets. If necessary, we'll revisit that period once again. It was not a pleasant experience to be a City resident back then.
The media will be falling all over themselves to get more information about this terrible incident. Illustrative though is not one single mainstream news media outlet in Palm Beach County showed up for this recent event (including The Palm Beach Post, the City's newspaper of record):
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