As a criminal defense attorney, Stacy Shaw has been handling traffic law cases for decades and has seen her share of drivers appear before Kansas City municipal judges.
So it will be no surprise to Shaw if police are targeting minority motorists and those in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, as described in a lawsuit filed Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court by a 21-year veteran of the Kansas City Police Department.
It would also be no surprise to her, Shaw said, if Kansas City police are pushed to meet ticket quotas, as the lawsuit also describes, even if it is against the law.