have more crime prevention in kansas city. it s the opposite of the defund movement. this is more collaboration, just asking the police department harris: that letter that the black rainbow, nacc, southern christian leadership called it release of a copy of a letter they submitted to the mayor and jackson county prosecuting attorney baker on a unified idea about defunding the chief of police s department. the kansas city, missouri police department s budget. they want you to slash it and even your own city council said we need to study this and need to look into it more. are you sure that you ve explained this to the point you can scoop up some of the residents? they re in the neighborhoods that get most impacted. your last quick thought. first of all the city council vote was 9-4. the city council supports this move and i think all of us are
Kansas City-area organizations continue call to defund police, for KCPD chief to resign
Organizations, Mayor Lucas trade letters, barbs
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Seven social justice organizations from the Kansas City area are doubling down on demands for the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department s budget to be slashed and for Chief of POlice Rick Smith to resign.
Organizations including Black Rainbow, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City, National Black United Front - Kansas City, Operation Liberation, the Urban League of Greater Kansas City and Urban Summit of Kansas City released a copy of a letter they submitted to Mayor Quinton Lucas and Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker.