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KCPD Lawyer Says He Was Fired for Complaining About Abuses of Open Records, Evidence
Jenna Thompson, Glenn E. Rice

Dec. 10, 2022

A statue of a police officer holding a child stands outside of the Kansas City Police Department Headquarters

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What Any Parent Would Do
Joe Drape

Nov. 1, 2022

The distance from the Kansas City Chiefs’ training complex to Interstate 435 is short. It would have taken

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Biden to Pardon All Federal Offenses of Simple Marijuana Possession in First Major Steps Toward Decriminalization
JPLaw

Oct. 6, 2022

President Joe Biden is taking his first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana, fulfilling a campaign pledge to erase

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Missouri Court of Appeals Revives ‘old School’ Self-Defense Law in Resisting Arrest Case
Rebecca Rivas

Sept. 19, 2022

The court of appeals agreed with Jason Hurst that his testimony constituted substantial evidence that he was

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Private Security Firm Owner Claims Self-Defense in Downtown Shooting that Injured Man
Matt Flener

May 4, 2022

The owner of a downtown private security firm is now charged with felony first-degree assault and felony

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Kansas City Man Accused of Murder, Assault Unfit to Proceed to Trial
Sherae Honeycutt

April 28, 2022

A Kansas City, Missouri man accused of killing one person and shooting another is found

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Newton County, Neosho Officials to Pay $630,000 to Mother, Children of Joplin Man Who Died in County Jail
JPLaw

Oct. 18, 2021

The mother and children of a former Joplin resident who died June 29, 2018 in the Newton County Jail will receive a

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