Activist Coalition Demand Further Feds Crackdown Against Kansas City Police

Actually . . . There's already a federal investigation ongoing . . . We're assuming this effort advocates "double secret" probation or some such . . . Here's the word . . .

In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, released publicly by Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, or MORE2 Friday, the activists said federal authorities have not addressed “the deep concerns of citizens, namely the disparate treatment of Black Kansas Citians, from disproportionate stops to use of force.”

The letter cited “systemic constitutional violations, an alarming amount of excessive force violations and the targeting of Black motorists to achieve ticket quotas.”

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Kansas City groups call for DOJ to investigate KCPD

Kansas City community groups ask Department of Justice to investigate police department over claims of civil rights violations.

Kansas City-area civic groups call for expanded DOJ probe of KCPD

Several Kansas City-area civic and civil rights organizations have submitted a letter to the United States Department of Justice calling for the agency to expand its probe of KCPD.

Groups gather Friday to ask for outside intervention in KCPD, citing disproportionate use of force, stops against Black Kansas Citians

Five groups together allege the department hasn't addressed the concerns of citizens, namely "disparate treatment of Black Kansas Citians."

Civil rights groups again ask feds to investigate police brutality and racism at KCPD

The group pointed to millions paid out from excessive force lawsuits, the police department's failure to investigate missing Black residents and the slowness of police to arrest the white man who shot Ralph Yarl.

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