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A trial continues for a Kansas City police detective charged in the fatal shooting of a Black man. Plus, the fate of Kevin Strickland, a Kansas City man who has spent 43 years in prison for a crime prosecutors say he didn’t commit, is now in the hands of a judge.
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Prosecutors say Eric DeValkenaere acted carelessly and recklessly in going onto Lamb’s property without probable cause or a warrant because there was no obvious crime in progress at that point.
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For the first time ever, a Kansas City police officer is standing trial in a fatal shooting. A grand jury indicted Eric J. DeValkenaere in the killing of a Black man in his own backyard last year. Plus, after months of courtroom delays, a judge will hear evidence in the innocence petition of Kevin Strickland.
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DeValkenaere’s indictment by a Jackson County grand jury in June 2020 came amid heightened scrutiny of police practices across the United States following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
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Family and friends hope the Ryan Stokes Memorial Basketball Court near East 40th Street and Wayne Avenue will restore the name of a man killed in 2013 by a Kansas City police officer.
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In a 2016 preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, the then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback protested during the national anthem for the first time.
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Civil rights experts argue the "law enforcement bill of rights," which was part of an omnibus public safety law, poses a major roadblock to police accountability — and gives officers more due process rights than civilians.
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Narene Stokes, who lost her son to a shooting by a Kansas City police officer eight years ago, and Sheila Albers, whose son was killed three years ago by an Overland Park police officer, say “this can happen to anyone.”
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Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said officers were justified in the shooting because they believed the man would have harmed a woman in his hotel room.
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Michael Brown Jr.'s father and stepmother are still hopeful the former Ferguson police officer who shot their son will be held accountable. Yet the family also is focused on healing.
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Citing a high rate of violence against people of color, four major Kansas City groups call on Attorney General Merrick Garland to scrutinize the city's police department.
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Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.