KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike Schroeder, co-owner of Oddly Correct in Hyde Park, posted to his business’s Instagram stories last week after he said one of his employees was robbed at gunpoint.
The post tagged Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city of Kansas City, Missouri, saying, “We’re sick and tired of people being victimized in our city. What are you going to do about this unrelenting wave of violent crime in our city?”
“Our city” is something Schroeder takes to heart as a resident and business owner, which he said is the reason he took the call to social media in the first place.
“I think just frustration. Even apart from being a business, seeing how many people have been victims of violent crime even just this past summer,” he said. “…It feels like someone needs to start saying they’re upset.”
Schroeder said he spoke for the employee because they …