Posted on Apr 4, 2022
Racism in the Kansas City Police Department goes back decades
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..."Mar. 30—Civil rights leaders on Wednesday renewed their calls for a Justice Department probe into the Kansas City Police Department following a Star investigation of racism in the department.
During a news conference, clergy and civil rights leaders said they would share The Star's investigation, which was based in part on interviews with 25 current and former Black officers, with the Justice Department.
"The Department of Justice is the only entity (that) can do anything right now," said Lora McDonald, executive director of MORE2, a local social justice organization. "We need them to come inside and take action and do a pattern-and-practice investigation of all these things that were uncovered by The Kansas City Star and that we've been hearing for years."...
..."Mar. 30—Civil rights leaders on Wednesday renewed their calls for a Justice Department probe into the Kansas City Police Department following a Star investigation of racism in the department.
During a news conference, clergy and civil rights leaders said they would share The Star's investigation, which was based in part on interviews with 25 current and former Black officers, with the Justice Department.
"The Department of Justice is the only entity (that) can do anything right now," said Lora McDonald, executive director of MORE2, a local social justice organization. "We need them to come inside and take action and do a pattern-and-practice investigation of all these things that were uncovered by The Kansas City Star and that we've been hearing for years."...
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