Kansas City Star & NAACP Cancelled Former Chief Smith's Consulting Gig???

Culture war and open hostility toward law enforcement persist according to a recent Kansas City Star report . . . 

For the record . . . We don't know anything that Chief is guilty of . . . And any credible investigation in the United States doesn't start with the presumption of guilt.

However . . .

This report features a politically charged attack for reasons that aren't clarified beyond a federal inquiry that was launched AFTER the former Chief exited the department.

Here's the newspaper's side of the story . . .

Embattled former Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith is no longer under contract to advise the city of St. Joseph Police Department after the Department of Justice launched an investigation into the KCPD, prompting community concerns with Smith’s qualifications in St. Joseph.

Drew H. Brown, Sr. treasurer of the local NAACP unit in St. Joseph, about 55 miles north of Kansas City, said he learned about the contract with Smith at an NAACP meeting last Tuesday. Brown, who subscribes to The Star and has kept up with news regarding KCPD and Smith, was upset.

“Frankly I was outraged,” Brown said. “Of all the people in the world, why him? He’s spoiled meat. He’s tainted.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'He's spoiled meat': Former KCPD chief's contract advising St. Joe police is cut short

Embattled former Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith is no longer under contract to advise the city of St. Joseph Police Department after the Department of Justice launched an investigation into the KCPD, prompting community concerns with Smith's qualifications in St. Joseph. Smith was contracted on Aug. 26 to assess the St.