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Black people in Kansas City are more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges. City officials say removing marijuana possession as a city violation is a step forward for racial justice.

The White House announced the federal operation to address violent crime Wednesday. Some community leaders say federal resources should go toward addressing the cause of violence instead of putting more agents on the ground.

Mayor Quinton Lucas discusses the city's crime problem, the coronavirus and a new federal law enforcement effort focused on Kansas City, Missouri, dubbed "Operation LeGend."

One controversy involving the Kansas City Police Department has to do with oversight from the Office of Community Complaints. Critics say the office rarely rules against law enforcement, and are raising questions about how effective and fair it is.

The independent oversight agency that handles grievances against the Kansas City Police Department is often criticized, and why the Kansas Historical Society is restoring Civil War battle flags from Northern and Southern states.

Among the many names spoken at recent Black Lives Matter protests in Kansas City was Ryan Stokes, an unarmed black man killed by a Kansas City police after he was falsely accused of stealing a phone.

KCUR is beginning a new collaboration with the Kansas City Star, a conversation with the mother of Ryan Stokes who was killed by a Kansas City police officer, and what Kansas City's urban debate league is teaching students.

After vandals defaced the statue downtown, Jackson County Executive Frank White said it is time to remove it and the one in Independence

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.

The effects of post-Civil War lynchings and racist massacres are still being felt today, a former Marine who was injured by police at a Kansas City protest tells his story, and a long-term study on unwanted pregnancy refutes claims that abortions hurt women.

Eric J. DeValkenaere, who has been suspended from the Kansas City police force, remains free on a $30,000 bond.

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