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We’re Naming the Kansas City Police Officer Who Brutalized Mack Nelson. Here’s Why.
JP Law

Public safety officials are held to a higher standard than your ordinary citizen. And taxpayers are on the hook

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KCPD Officers Could Face Charges for Injuring Black Man, Falsifying Police Report
Glenn E. Rice, Katie Moore

A police officer appears to throw a man to the ground at the scene of an Aug. 8 police shooting at East 55th

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Kansas City Man Reportedly Thrown to Ground by KCPD Settles Lawsuit for $500,000
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

The Kansas City Police Department and Mack Nelson have reached an agreement to resolve litigation over

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Local Kansas City Police Board Denies Lawyer’s Allegations that KCPD Hid Public Records
Glenn E. Rice, Luke Nozicka

The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Monday said allegations made by a former police department

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Man Sues 5 KCPD Officers for Allegedly Throwing Him to Ground and Falsely Imprisoning Him
Bek Shackelford Nwanganga

Pictured in November 2022, Kansas City resident, Mack Nelson, runs his fingers over a scar he says he got

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Man Sues 5 KCPD Officers Months After Video Released of Him Being Thrown to Ground
Jenna Thompson

Months after video captured a man being thrown to the ground by Kansas City police, according to witnesses

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This Kansas City Protest Group Created a New Model for Police Accountability
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

On a cold December night, Steve Young marches through downtown Kansas City, and by the Jackson County

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Police Report on Excessive Force Claim a ‘Flat-Out Lie,’ Witness Says.
Jenna Thompson

After a bystander filmed a man who appears to have been thrown to the ground by a Kansas City police officer

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Gun Sale Outside Fast-Food Restaurant Led to Killing; Teens Charged
JPLaw

Three teenagers face felony charges in the killing of a Kansas City man who was shot to death outside of a Lee’s

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Kansas City Man Charged with Aiding Escape of Cass County Inmates, Drug Traffickers
Jenna Thompson

A Kansas City man has been charged with helping two convicted drug traffickers escape from Cass County

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