“Hood Politician” Killed Burglarizing Home

A story out of Boone County, Missouri, in the Columbia Daily Tribune for January 23 about a shooting of a burglar has several unusual aspects.

First, after 26-year-old Ahmonta Harris illegally entered a house in November for the purpose of stealing money from its occupants and was shot and killed by a man staying at the house, it came out that Harris, was a well-known community activist who was popularly referred to as a “hood politician.”

Second, Harris, who was also an aspiring rapper and went by the name of “monnie man,” was most well known for orchestrating an event known as “Firework Wars,” where people in the community engaged in a competitive display of setting off fireworks, mostly with the intention of shooting the fireworks at other participants. Harris told the Columbia Daily Tribune that in July of last year, “Everybody out here just has a good time and gets along…. The community gets together, puts their differences aside and just has fun shooting fireworks. Don’t get me wrong, they do shoot at each other, but that’s the point of the war.”

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