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Tracy Matheson's organization Project Beloved is funding makeovers of rooms that police use to interview sexual assault victims — including in Kansas City, Missouri. The project was born after the violent death of Matheson's daughter.
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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 year after the Kansas City Police Department reinstated its missing persons unit, in response to criticism that officers weren't taken cases of missing Black people seriously, community members are still frustrated by a complicated reporting process.
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Missouri voters must weigh in again on a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to increase its minimum funding of the police department, after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled last week that the language on the original measure was so inaccurate it misled voters.
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Residents of South Hyde Park said they watched thieves comb through two stolen cars, then speed away, all while they were on hold with KCPD's 911.
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Terry J. Young was identified near Union Station at the rally by his “unique green teddy bear backpack,” according to Kansas City Police. In all, three adult men and three juveniles are charged in the fatal shooting; three others are charged with weapons violations.
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A new federal lawsuit argues that the Missouri law cementing state governance of KCPD was created “to keep Black people enslaved.” One of the women is Narene Crosby, whose son Ryan Stokes was killed by KCPD in 2013.
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Gov. Mike Parson appointed Madeline Romious, an AT&T vice president, to the five-member board that oversees the police department. Parson has chosen all four of the appointed board members, while Mayor Quinton Lucas fills the fifth slot.
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Jackson County charged two 16-year-olds with gun offenses and resisting arrest in connection with the Chiefs victory parade shooting that killed one and injured 24. Now, one of the teens faces felony charges for unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest.