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Kansas Man Sues After Spending 17 Years in Prison for Crime Committed by Look-Alike
For 17 years Richard Anthony Jones insisted he was falsely imprisoned man but no one believed him. Even though there were no fingerprints, DNA evidence and he presented a solid alibi at his trial, Jones was convicted in 1999 for snatching a woman’s purse in a Roeland, Kan., Wal Mart parking lot and sentenced to…
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Kansas City Reporter Lisa Benson Says She Was Fired From TV Station for Sharing an Article About White Privilege
Earlier this year, Ruby Hamad wrote an article that struck a nerve. “How white women use strategic tears to silence women of colour,” published by the Guardian, delved into the ways white women weaponized their emotions against their women of color counterparts when they aired legitimate grievances. Many women of color shared the article, some…
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‘Evilest White Woman on Earth’: The Criminal Injustice of Terra Morehead
Warning: This story is not about America’s criminal-justice system. In this story, America’s criminal-justice system is a parable. In this story, “criminal” is synonymous with “not white.” In this story, “justice” is a mythical concept. In this story, Terra Morehead is synonymous with “injustice.” In this story, “injustice” is the only thing that is real.…
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Series of Shooting Threats Targeting Black Students Sent to Missouri High School
Kansas City, Mo., police are investigating after shooting threats were made against Northeast High School students—specifically, its black students. According to KSHB-TV, police have already determined that the threat originated in another state and was then reposted locally. Kansas City Pubic Schools and the local Police Department were both informed about the threat on Tuesday…
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How 1 of America’s Deadliest Police Forces Gets Away With Shooting and Killing Black People
On Monday, Nov. 13, 2013, a man called 911 and said he was the victim of a carjacking. The caller said a black woman he didn’t know asked him for a ride, and when he let her in, a black man jumped in with her, pointed a gun at him, stole his 2003 Toyota RAV4…
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Innocent Kan. Man Walks Free After Spending 16 Years in Prison for a Failed Purse Snatching
I don’t know what’s more incredible—that a Kansas City, Kan., man spent 16 years in prison for a botched purse snatching or that someone was sentenced to 19 years for attempting to snatch a pocketbook. On Wednesday, Johnson County, Kan., District Judge Kevin Moriarty ordered Richard A. Jones to be released after students and faculty…
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Mo. Man Charged With Murder in Kansas City, Mo., Road Rage Shooting That Left 19-Year-Old Father-to-Be Dead
An Independence, Mo., man is facing multiple charges after being accused of opening fire on a couple in another car during a road rage incident, killing a 19-year-old father-to-be and injuring his pregnant girlfriend as the couple were on their way home from a sonogram appointment. According to the Kansas City Star, John C. Young,…