Country Club Plaza

Theresa Taylor was arrested during a June 1 protest, one of hundreds across the country provoked by the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minneapolis police.

As cities around the country engage in deeper conversations about racial injustice in their communities, Kansas City is removing a controversial name from a street and fountain on the Country Club Plaza.

The ordinances prohibit people from interfering with public safety officials. The ACLU of Missouri, which represents the protesters, say the laws are both unconstitutional on their face and as applied.

The lawsuit comes after the city council approved an ordinance dismissing charges against non-violent demonstrators.

A protest movement against social injustice and racism had renewed scrutiny on Nichols' role in helping create Kansas City's racial dividing lines.

Police responding to Kansas City protests over the killing of George Floyd broke multiple bones in Humberto Gonzalez's leg by firing a crowd-control device at him from point-blank range.

J.C. Nichols' role in accelerating redlining and sowing the seeds of racial inequalities in Kansas City has re-ignited a long-standing conversation over the removal of his name from Plaza landmarks.

The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating the killing, the result of policy shifts prompted by the recent demonstrations.

Nichols developed the Country Club Plaza and helped finance the World War I Memorial but also entrenched Kansas City's stubborn racial divides.

The City Council unanimously approved a body cam resolution following nearly two weeks of protests over police brutality and racism.

Kansas City area residents respond to a renewed call to rename the J.C. Nichols Fountain, and the dilemma schools face as the new school year approaches and the pandemic persists.

A parks board commissioner has proposed renaming the J.C. Nichols Fountain. Its namesake was a prominent real estate developer who used restrictive covenants to keep African Americans and Jews from living in his projects.