Westport Racism Complaint Now Includes Kansas City Conspiracy

Update on RICO allegations that now have greater consequences for taxpayers . . . Check the basics:

"A new complaint in a lawsuit seeking a $70 million judgment outlines allegations that Jim Ready, the former director of Kansas City’s Regulated Industries Division, worked with the Westport Community Improvement District to keep Black-owned businesses from operating in the entertainment district.

"The lawsuit now alleges that the city division, which oversees bars and adult entertainment businesses in the city, unlawfully coordinated efforts with the improvement district to withhold business licenses from the plaintiffs in an attempt to shut them down. U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark granted the plaintiffs’ request to add to the lawsuit the city and Ready, who led the city division until he left his position earlier this year while the case was pending, according to the lawsuit."

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Westport racism lawsuit adds claim that KC helped keep out Black-owned businesses