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Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting: What we know about victims, suspects

At least one person was killed and 21 others wounded by gunfire at the end of Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade in Kansas City.

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Missouri Gov. Parson vetoes bill enabling more compensation to wrongfully convicted

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday evening vetoed a sweeping public safety bill that would have allowed more people who were wrongfully convicted to receive compensation from the state.

Tribune News Service

KCPD officer who killed Malcolm Johnson was named in earlier police brutality case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City police officer who killed a Black man inside a gas station in a controversial shooting two years ago had previously been accused of injuring a disabled man during a traffic stop in 2015, according to internal police documents.

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Missouri AG seeks to throw out Kansas City cop’s conviction in Black man’s killing

In a move described as “unprecedented,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is trying to overturn the convictions of Eric DeValkenaere, Kansas City’s first police officer to be found guilty in the killing of a Black man.

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Prosecutor urges Missouri governor not to pardon KC cop convicted of killing Black man

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Tuesday made public a letter urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson not to pardon a former Kansas City police detective who was convicted of killing a Black man.

Tribune News Service

After days of silence, Missouri Gov. Parson accuses Biden of politicizing Yarl shooting

After days of refusing to weigh in on last week’s shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black 16-year-old Kansas City student, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday broke his silence and accused President Joe Biden of politicizing the incident.

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Kevin Strickland alleges ‘reckless’ KCPD misconduct led to 43-year wrongful conviction

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kevin Strickland, who spent four decades in prison for a 1978 triple murder he did not commit, filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that serious misconduct by Kansas City police led to his wrongful conviction.

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New Lawsuit Alleges That Kansas City Police Department Set Illegal Ticket Quotas for Officers

"KCPD has continuously and repeatedly advised Plaintiff and his fellow officers that if they did not fulfill a 'ticket quota' then they would be kicked out of the unit," the complaint states.

Reason

After KCPD accused of illegal ticket quotas, Missouri says it will enforce ban. But how?

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.

Tribune News Service

Kansas City traffic officer was told to target minority citizens to meet ticket quotas, lawsuit says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City police officer says his superiors instructed him to target minority citizens in traffic stops in an effort to meet ticket quotas that are illegal under Missouri law, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this week.

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‘The goal is to be preventative’: Kansas City Police Department offers active shooter training to local LGBTQ bar

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of staff at Hamburger Mary’s on Broadway Avenue in midtown gathered Monday afternoon around a fake torso spotted with fake blood stains, cuts and bullet wounds.

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Man suspected of killing two medical researchers is found dead in apparent murder-suicide with woman

The suspect allegedly tried to burn down an apartment to cover up a double murder

The Independent UK

Missouri police ignored Black community’s warnings of serial killer until woman escaped basement dungeon

The vctim of the kidnapping says two others were killed by the suspect

The Independent UK

DOJ investigating Kansas City police’s employment practices for racial discrimination

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation of employment practices at the Kansas City Police Department to determine if the force engaged in racial discrimination.

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Community demands answers after Kansas City police shoot ‘pregnant’ Black woman

An eyewitness says Leonna Hale was pregnant and unarmed when police shot her, but investigators say just the opposite

The Independent UK

Pregnant Black woman suspected of carjacking is shot five times by Missouri police, witness says

‘They shot five times,’ says the witness. ‘I remember seeing her hit the ground and I froze’

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Eric Greitens posts, then deletes, video featuring KCPD ride along. He lacked OK to film

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens on Friday posted – then deleted – a video on social media featuring a ride along with Kansas City police that was quickly criticized as inappropriately politicizing the department.

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