Peggy Lowe
Investigative ReporterI’m a veteran investigative reporter who came up through newspapers and moved to public media. I want to give people a better understanding of the criminal justice system by focusing on its deeper issues, like institutional racism, the poverty-to-prison pipeline and police accountability. Today this beat is much different from how reporters worked it in the past. I’m telling stories about people who are building significant civil rights movements and redefining public safety.
Email me at lowep@kcur.org.
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More than two years after his arrest, the former Kansas City, Kansas Police detective finally has a trial date. Golubski is accused of using his law enforcement status to kidnap and rape vulnerable Black women.
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Melesa Johnson, who is running for Jackson County Prosecutor, has been labeled as a “bigot” and accused of trying to cut the Kansas City Police Department's budget. She believes her opponents are trying to discredit her with older white male voters.
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The United Way of Greater Kansas City gave $1.2 million to victims and $832,000 to 14 community groups Thursday, hoping to reach individual gunshot victims from the Kansas City Chiefs’ parade shootings and the larger community working to prevent gun violence.
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Las familias de los heridos en el tiroteo del 14 febrero cargan con lo que un experto llama "la deuda por victimización". En la tercera entrega de nuestra serie “The Injured,” aprendimos sobre la presión de tener que pagar facturas médicas grandes y pequeñas, y otros gastos de bolsillo.
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Families of the people hurt during the Feb. 14 mass shooting are carrying what one expert calls “victimization debt.” In the third story of our series “The Injured,” we learn about the strain of paying small and large medical bills and other out-of-pocket costs.
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The 16-year-old, known only as “A.M.” in court documents, claims self defense in the shootings that killed one woman and injured 24 other people. A Jackson County Family Court judge ruled that he will not be tried as an adult.
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City leaders are bringing back what they say is an improved “focused deterrence” program to help reduce homicides and gun violence. But critics point to the model's modest, short-term success rates and the way it often targets minorities for “draconian punishment.”
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Police and Mayor Quinton Lucas say a focus on deterrence, community partners and youth curfews could help stem the record violence of last year, when there were seven homicides over Memorial Day weekend.
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A pesar del aumento de la violencia con armas de fuego en Estados Unidos, existen pocas pautas médicas sobre la extracción de balas de los cuerpos de los sobrevivientes. En la segunda entrega de nuestra serie “The Injured”, charlamos con tres personas heridas en el desfile del Super Bowl de Kansas City, que enfrentan el tener balas en sus cuerpos de diferentes maneras.
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They were shot at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade — and might live with bullets in their bodies foreverDespite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.