By Michelle Conlin (Reuters) - As freezing temperatures settled over Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 28, Judge Jack Grate opened his online courtroom. .
By Michelle Conlin (Reuters) - As freezing temperatures settled over Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 28, Judge Jack Grate opened his online courtroom. .
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(Reuters) - As freezing temperatures settled over Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 28, Judge Jack Grate opened his online courtroom. The first of 100 cases on his docket was that of Tonya Raynor, a 64-year-old who owed $2,790 in back rent and fees on an apartment on the city’s east side, a swath of vacant storefronts and boarded-up properties.
Members of KC Tenants, an anti-eviction group, maintain a blockade at the Eastern Jackson County Courthouse in Independence, Missouri, U.S. January 5, 2021. Carly Rosin/Handout via REUTERS
“Miss Raynor, are you there?” asked Grate, a burly 71-year-old sporting a beard, a buzz cut and a rumpled, orange short-sleeve shirt.
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By Michelle Conlin
(Reuters) - As freezing temperatures settled over Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 28, Judge Jack Grate opened his online courtroom. The first of 100 cases on his docket was that of Tonya Raynor, a 64-year-old who owed $2,790 in back rent and fees on an apartment on the cityâs east side, a swath of vacant storefronts and boarded-up properties.
âMiss Raynor, are you there?â asked Grate, a burly 71-year-old sporting a beard, a buzz cut and a rumpled, orange short-sleeve shirt.
A booming voice responded: âThis is not justice. This is violence.â Soon a chorus joined in: âJudge Grate, you are making people homeless! You are killing people!â
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