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The Kansas City Defender

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The Kansas City Defender

@KCDefender

Black News, Politics, Arts & Culture

Kansas City, MO

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The Kansas City Defender
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Jan 21
BREAKING: Kansas City is one of seven "mega centers" in ICE's planned nationwide concentration camp network. A local real estate company, Platform Ventures, sold a taxpayer-subsidized warehouse to make it happen. Federal agents are already terrorizing KC residents. 🧵
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The Kansas City Defender
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Apr 16, 2023
A massive crowd has amassed in front of the white man's home who attempted to murder 16 year old Black boy Ralph Yarl in Kansas City Missouri
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The Kansas City Defender
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Nov 28, 2023
In a shocking hate crime at a Kansas HS, a white boy viciously attacked a Black girl student while yelling the N Word. The assault resulted in the Black girl's nose being broken and her hospitalization. The school suspended the Black girl for 5 days.
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School Hate Crime: Racist Kid Yells “N Word” While Attacking Black Girl, Breaks Her Nose And...
In a shocking, horrifying incident at Shawnee Mission East High School, a Black student was hospitalized after being attacked by a white male student. Despite being the victim, she faces suspension...
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The Kansas City Defender
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Nov 19, 2024
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“I was out there protesting in 2020, I know what the police do. I saw what they did to George Floyd and many others. Obviously my family’s not Black but I see the violence they inflict on everyone. I’ve protested at the jails, we can’t keep letting them get away with this.”
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The Kansas City Defender
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Nov 19, 2024
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The family has vowed to keep fighting for justice. “We can’t keep having these cops kill our loved ones and our community members” Mitchell’s sister Felisha Holder told The Defender in an interview.
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The Kansas City Defender
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Nov 19, 2024
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Standing before the cameras, Dustman asserted without question that Maria Pike was “armed”—a claim directly contradicted by eyewitnesses and unsubstantiated by any evidence thus far. He claimed his officers did “exactly what they are trained to do.”
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The Kansas City Defender
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Apr 16, 2023
“This Is A Hate Crime”: Kansas City Black Family Demanding Justice After A White Man Shoots Black Boy, Ralph Yarl, In The Head Twice For Ringing Doorbell Of The Wrong Home, White Man Released By Police Hours Later
Black Family Demands Justice After White Man Shoots Black Boy Twice for Ringing Doorbell of Wrong...
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The Kansas City Defender
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May 29, 2022
Kansas City Police Department shot an unarmed Black woman 5 times. Eyewitnesses say the woman had her hands up. The police handcuffed her while she was bleeding out on the pavement. The woman has been identified as 26-year-old Leonna Hale.
KCPD Shot a Black Woman & Cuffed Her While She Bled on the Ground
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The Kansas City Defender
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Dec 20, 2024
BREAKING: Missouri Governor Pardons Eric DeValkenaere, the First White Cop in KC History Convicted for Lynching a Black Person
BREAKING: Missouri Governor Frees Eric DeValkenaere, the First White Cop in KC History Convicted...
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The Kansas City Defender
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Nov 19, 2024
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While we typically focus on issues directly impacting Black communities, this case makes clear the broader violence inherent in policing, especially in poor and working-class cities like Independence.
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The Kansas City Defender
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Nov 19, 2024
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As The Defender continues to investigate this horrifying tragedy, we are reminded that the vicious brutality of policing transcends race.
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The Kansas City Defender
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Nov 19, 2024
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A GoFundMe has been created to cover funeral expenses for Destiny, with relatives determined to give the infant “a beautiful funeral.”
Donate to Support Baby Destinii and Maria funeral cost., organized by Felisha Holder
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The Kansas City Defender
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Oct 15, 2022
KCPD Claimed Missing Black Women Reports In KC Were “Completely Unfounded.” Less Than A Month Later, A Black Woman Escapes After Being Kidnapped From KC & Tortured in a Basement For A Month. Police are now actively investigating for additional victims.
KCPD Said Missing Black Women Reports In KC Were "Completely Unfounded." Less Than A Month Later,...
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The Kansas City Defender
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Apr 16, 2023
Replying to @KCDefender
"Ralph Yarl life matters"
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