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9:29 The Minutes That Moved Kansas City

A People's History of Kansas City

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Kansas City's Police Violence Isn't a New Thing in Kansas City

This past year was the first time kansas city expressed itself in this big way with signs. I think the driving force behind that was really the gruesome nature of george floyd's murder, just the very visible nature that it took. A black person in kansas city is four point three times more likely to be killed by k c p d than a white person. Kansas city's police board of commissioners is instead appointed by the governor of missouri.

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