# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct1zA_bNuP5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810443-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-23T17:03:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

## Caption

A group of civil rights organizations on Friday again asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate constitutional violations, excessive force complaints and discrimination against Black people by the Kansas City Police Department. 

The group, led by the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, or MORE2, includes the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City and other faith and social activist groups. 

In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, released publicly by the group Friday, the activists said federal authorities have not addressed “the deep concerns of citizens, namely the disparate treatment of Black Kansas Citians, from disproportionate stops to use of force.” 

The letter cited “systemic constitutional violations, an alarming amount of excessive force violations and the targeting of Black motorists to achieve ticket quotas.”

The same organizations were part of a group that filed a similar letter to the Justice Department in July 2021. Since then, the Justice Department has launched an investigation of employment practices to determine whether racism is a factor in the hiring and promotions of Black KCPD officers.

Read more at the link in our bio. 

#KansasCity #KCPD #KCMO #KCPolice #Racism

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kcpd, kcpolice, racism, kcmo, kansascity

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