State Republicans had a consistent response to the awful shooting in Montgomery on Oct. 4 .

From Gov. Kay Ivey down, Alabama’s white GOP elites lectured a majority-Black city about the importance of public safety.

“This simply should not be happening in our capital city or anywhere in our state for that matter,” Ivey said in the wake of the shooting.

And she’s right. It shouldn’t. But I’m not convinced that’s what they’re actually concerned about.

Power seems to be the real point of this “public safety” outrage. Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!

What Montgomery’s critics seem to be angling for is a takeover of law enforcement in the city, akin to a proposal last year to have the governor and attorney general take over the Birmingham

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