Independence Police Shooting Protest Postscript: Tyrea Pryor Controversy

All of Kansas City mainstream media focused on this story today . . . We don't pretend to understand it all but the basics of the narrative have been documented by the Jackson County prosecutor.

She explains most of it in this message . . .

The letter released Thursday states the prosecutor's office determined there were "insufficient established facts in this case to demonstrate that the officers' beliefs were unreasonable at the time of the shooting."

In addition to the letter, the prosecutor's office released a statement on its release, including explaining why Pryor's case was not presented to a Jackson County grand jury.

The prosecutor's office says a grand jury is only used when a witness' credibility is in question, which was not a factor in this instance, as the office prioritizes using as "open a process as possible."

On the same day of the letter's release, friends and family of Pryor demanded action during a rally outside of the Jackson County Courthouse.

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Tyrea Pryor's family rallies for charges following fatal police shooting, prosecutor explains reasoning

JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - The family of a man killed by Independence, Missouri, police in March of last year is demanding justice. On Thursday, they took to the steps of the Jackson Country Courthouse to make their case. "They killed him over a pistol that did not exist," said Harry Daniels, an attorney for the family.

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