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Kansas City Protest Leader Connects Local Demonstrations & The Death Of Breonna Taylor

By Steve Kraske,

Published September 24, 2020 at 2:59 PM CDT

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Kansas City attorney Stacy Shaw gives out instructions and protocol to "team red" members Wednesday night in front of police headquarters. Team red protesters were willing to be arrested in case police came for them.

Stacy Shaw began to lead Black Lives Matter protests in Kansas City following the killing of George Floyd.

She discussed her background and motives for helping lead recent Kansas City demonstrations over the Kentucky attorney general's announcement that none of the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor would be charged with her death.

Stacy Shaw, protest leader and founding partner of Stacy Shaw & Associates LLC

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