KCUR Pushes Theory That KCPD Planted Gun In Report On Black Archives

This morning Kansas City's Public Radio station is doubling down on efforts to advocate against a former Kansas City police detective in jail despite a groundswell of support for pardon from Missouri Governor Parson after his conviction and failed appeal. 

The report from KCUR was mislabeled and it doesn't really have much to do with the Black Archives which is a worthwhile and respected institution.

Instead . . . 

CHECK KCUR PROMOTING CONTROVERSIAL LEGAL ARGUMENTS THAT KCPD PLANTED A GUN AT THE SCENE OF CAMERON LAMB'S SHOOTING!!!

Filed under reporting . . . This reads more like advocacy . . . 

"Despite what Devalkenaere’s lawyers and family still say, two courts have found that Lamb was not in possession of a gun at the time of the shooting, that DeValkenaere’s entry onto Lamb’s property was illegal, and that he was not acting in self-defense or in defense of another officer."

ACTUALLY, COURTS NEVER SAID MUCH ABOUT THE SKETCHY PLANTED GUN THEORY!!! 

There has NEVER been a ruling on Cameron Lamb's possession of a gun of because it's very difficult to bring dead people to trial.

Surprisingly, the newspaper wrote the definitive account of the debate over Cameron Lamb's possession of a gun . . . Here's a worthwhile description of the scene that basically presents the view of both sides:

"Det. Troy Schwalm testified he saw Lamb’s left hand on the steering wheel and he “flayed out his fingers.” He instructed Lamb to turn off the engine and get out of the pickup. At that point Schwalm said DeValkenaere yelled, ”He’s got a gun. He’s got a gun.”

"Schwalm had told investigators that Lamb was not armed, prosecutors have said. At trial, Schwalm tried to clarify by saying, “I was involved with someone who tried to kill me.”

"DeValkenaere fired four gunshots in rapid succession that smashed through the front windshield and struck Lamb in the chest and upper torso. He testified he fired the shots because he saw Lamb point the weapon at his partner.

"The shooting transpired within nine seconds of the detectives arriving at the front yard of the house.

"Prosecutors alleged during the trial that Kansas City police staged the crime scene and even planted evidence to support their claims that Lamb was armed moments before he was shot.

"Roberta Merritt testified that Lamb kept the gun found by investigators near his body on the third stair from the bottom of a stairway that led to the basement, near the garage.

"Prosecutors alleged the gun was moved from a set of stairs near the garage and placed near his left hand after he was shot and before crime scene investigators arrived. Prosecutors also alleged that bullets found inside Lamb’s pockets at the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office had not been at the crime scene.

"DeValkenaere shot Lamb to protect his partner, his attorney said. Police did not need a search warrant and did not need probable cause to go on the property because they believed that Lamb was trying to conceal a stolen pickup in the garage."

Now . . . 

FOR THE RECORD, KCPD PLANTING A GUN AT A CRIME SCENE SEEMS EXCEPTIONALLY UNLIKELY AND BY NOW ANY GOOD COP WHO WITNESSED AS MUCH WOULD HAVE COME FORWARD!!! INSTEAD THE IDEA PROPOSED BY JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTORS IS POLITELY IGNORED RATHER THAN OPENLY DEBATED!!!

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

Kansas City's Black Archives preserves police killing documents so people will know 'the real story'

The Jackson County Prosecutor's office, which won former Kansas City police officer Eric DeValkenaere's conviction for killing 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, was "memorializing the moment" of the historic case.