Team Roc, the social justice arm of rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation, renewed its calls Tuesday for an intense investigation into alleged corruption in the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, saying there is no excuse to justify the Justice Department's "silence."
In a letter taken out as an advertisement in The New York Times, the organization, along with the Midwest Innocence Project based in Kansas City, said the Justice Department has not responded to a Dec. 20 letter that urged the agency to open a pattern-or-practice investigation into the force.
"We are committed to holding these so-called public servants accountable for alleged rampant acts of brutality and exploitation and request a meeting with the DOJ to discuss our findings — findings we hope will move you to act," the groups wrote. "These allegations require the urgency that the Kansas City, Kansas community deserves."
