Protest Amid Deadly Kansas City Police Shooting Appeal: Crisis Beyond Activists???

Give us the grace to explain our honest question . . .

GIVEN THE HARDSHIPS OF EVERY DAY LIFE . . . WE HONESTLY QUESTION COMMUNITY CONCERN FOR THIS CASE OUTSIDE ACTIVIST CIRCLES . . . THE LEGAL DEBATE IS CRITICAL BUT IS THE PUBLIC REALLY CONCERNED?!?!

Consider . . . 

Police activists want us to ignore probable cause 'use of force' concerns and stand up for law & order and police doing a very dangerous job. 

Social justice activists, ironically, want locals to uphold a conviction and punishment against the defendant/appellant. 

There's political grandstanding to be gained on both sides of this tragic topic regarding the troubled life of a guy who has now been dead three years. 

After reading a great deal about this case over the years . . . Here's a recent passage that seems to frame the debate fairly . . .

“The appellant (DeValkenaere) shot Cameron Lamb despite Cameron’s posing no threat to anyone and there was ample evidence he posed no such threat and that he was in fact unarmed,” said Ken Cox, Assistant Jackson County Prosecutor.

Cox also argued DeValkenaere was trespassing on Lamb’s property when he fatally shot Lamb who was backing his truck into his garage.

But attorney Jonathan Laurans argued there was sufficient probable cause for DeValkenaere to go to Lamb’s home after Lamb punched his girlfriend, drove recklessly, and reached a speed of 90 miles per hour.

Laurans claimed Lamb had 13 separate traffic violations that day.

“The most blatant of which was overtaking a vehicle on its driver’s side on a red light and turning into cross traffic both ways,” Laurans argued in court.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Following oral arguments, Eric DeValkenaere's fate is in the hands of a three-judge panel

On Tuesday, attorneys made their arguments at the Missouri Court of Appeals.

'There's no defense here': Protesters urge ex-KC cop DeValkenaere's conviction to stand

Around 20 protesters said former Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere's conviction should stand in the 2019 fatal shooting of Cameron Lamb.

Ex-KCPD detective DeValkenaere's attorneys grilled during appeal

Eric DeValkanaere's attorney and a deputy Missouri attorney general were grilled in a courtroom from a panel of judges who expressed skepticism in arguments laid out in his appeal.

Judges question Kansas City detective Eric DeValkanaere's defense in killing Cameron Lamb

Eric Devalkanaere, found guilty in November 2021 of killing 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, is appealing his conviction. As protestors rallied on the street, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals questioned his attorneys on his version of what happened, including if Lamb was armed.

Appeals court hears arguments in former KCPD detective's conviction for killing Cameron Lamb

The KCPD officer who shot and killed Cameron Lamb in December 2019 did not appear in court Tuesday as the Court of Appeals for Western Missouri heard arguments in an appeal of his conviction.

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