Newsflash: Kansas City Stays Losing When Lawsuits Against Police Work Like ATM

The unspoken part of this overly wordy report that deserves to be highlighted first . . .

SO MANY POLITICOS, ACTIVISTS & LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS SEEMINGLY WORK TO DRIVE EPIC SETTLEMENTS WITH ANTI-POLICE COVERAGE!!!

Admittedly . . . 

TKC loves the sensational and we don't mind excitement, swagger and our fair share of sensationalism. 

Sadly . . . American culture has mistaken the antics of keyboard warriors with real life activism. 

And so, legal verdicts are in line with a worsening culture of hysteria supercharged by often manipulated for political gain.

Then again . . . 

Overall we live in a litigious society and this is just one manifestation of it. 

This report focuses on police but city hall also confronts one worker lawsuit after the next and every week there are a litany of settlements throughout the 12th & Oak. 

Here's a peek at numbers and a news report that, just like TKC, needed a better editor . . .

In approximately a year and a half, KCPD paid out $10,094,824.94 for various settlements.

Of that, $9,680,000, went to cases involving excessive force, wrongful death, assault and battery, and false arrest, with $2,117,500 exclusively going toward excessive force.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KCMO mayor, police chief agree KCPD's high settlement payouts are 'something we need to address'

The KSHB 41 I-Team collected settlement payout information from KCPD as well as other departments in similar-sized cities. Caitlin Knute breaks down what she found and how KC leaders are responding.