WEATHERWATCHTeens clean anti-police vandalism at park, show support for officersby Regan Porter (WDAF), CNN NewsourceFriday, June 19th 2020

Vandalism directed toward police at a Missouri playground caught a group of children off guard.

Instead of waiting for professionals to clean up the mess, some teens went to work themselves.

A deed that didn’t go unnoticed by the Blue Springs Police Department.

“It was just really scary.”

Jazmine Walker saw her 9-year-old brothers run home, terrified after seeing these messages of hate.

“He was actually really scared, and he was like, ‘I don’t want to go back down there.’ And he kept asking like, ‘do they want to kill me?’” said Jazmine

Vandals painted a picture of a pig on the goal post with words geared toward police written above. It said “kill ’em all.”

“Having to explain that to them was really difficult. We just keep talking about how there are few people who will do certain things or have different actions, but it doesn’t represent the group,” said Jazmine’s mom, Jacqueline.

“It just kind of upset me because I felt like there was a different way to express your feelings than vandalizing a public place where kids hang out and play,” said 14-year-old Savanna Bardt.

So, Jazmine and Savanna grabbed some Clorox wipes to make someone else’s wrong, right.

The girls cleaned off the basketball goals, as much as they could, to take action against hate. Not an eye for an eye – but rather, love everyone. It’s their new motto.

“I think that these young ladies and these young men took away a lot of the hurt,” said Lt. Joe Fanara, Blue Springs Police Dept.

Lt. Joe Fanara admits it is taxing being an officer during these times.