Jay-Z Roc Nation Launches Lawsuit Against Kansas City, Kansas Police

A hip-hop mogul earns nationwide news coverage for funding social justice activism in The Dotte.

Here's the upshot on a longstanding serious of complaints that continues to garner the national spotlight:

The suit, filed in Wyandotte County District Court in partnership with the Midwest Innocence Project, says the Kansas City Police Department has not released substantial documents related to complaints pertaining to current and former detectives and officers after Roc Nation submitted a records request in November 2023.

"For decades, communities in Kansas City, Kansas — particularly minority and immigrant communities — have been subjected to an alarming pattern of abuse and other serious misconduct by the KCKPD," according to the suit, which was first obtained by NBC News.

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

Jay-Z's Team Roc sues Kansas City, Kansas, for records related to alleged police misconduct

Jay Z's Team Roc, the social justice arm of his Roc Nation entertainment company, filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming Kansas City, Kansas, has violated public records laws by failing to "timely produce" law enforcement records related to decadeslong allegations of police abuse and misconduct.

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