Kansas City police made racist challenge coin with image of pimp: It was repugnant Glenn E. Rice, The Kansas City Star
May 9 On one side, the coin was to feature a cartoon image of a 1970s pimp with a biracial complexion, dressed in platform shoes and a wide-brimmed hat.
On the other: a silhouette of a woman in a sexually suggestive pose, and a set of handcuffs attached to a pair of brown hands.
Advertised in the Kansas City Police Department s newsletter, The Daily Informant, the challenge coin was meant to commemorate the police department s vice unit, tasked with investigating illegal sex work, alcohol sales, adult entertainment venues and human trafficking.