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KC Defender Founder, Ryan Sorrell, Receives MLK Community Service Award During SCLC 2023 Mass Celebration

By KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● January 17, 2023 January 17, 2023

The Kansas City Defender’s Founder & Executive Editor received the 2023 MLK Community Service Award given by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Leaders Demand Leadership Overhaul at University Academy Following Viral Racist Incident & “Racially Toxic Culture”

By KC Defender Staff ● Education ● December 19, 2022 December 19, 2022

Weeks after a mass Town Hall to address racism at the Kansas City school, a coalition of major civil rights organizations is issuing demands to University Academy.

White KC Teacher Says “N*gga” Multiple Times, Tells Students “Be Upset About It All You’d Like…We Can’t Police Other People’s Speech”

By KC Defender Staff ● Education ● November 28, 2022 November 30, 2022

[VIDEO] A white teacher at University Academy High School in Kansas City repeatedly uses the N word even after Black students tell him it makes them uncomfortable.

The Kansas City Defender Hosts 2 Pop-Up Grocery Buyouts, Gives $1500 Directly to Black People at Wild Woody’s Food Center & Sunfresh on Prospect Avenue

By KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● November 10, 2022 November 10, 2022

Our Grocery Buyout on Prospect Avenue was chosen directly following the horrifically tragic kidnappings and murders of Black women on Prospect last month.

White Olathe West HS Student Repeatedly Says N Word w/ No Punishment, Black Student Responds & Gets OSS/Expelled

By KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● November 4, 2022 November 5, 2022

A video leaked to The Defender from Olathe West High School in Kansas shows two students fighting after a white student repeatedly used the N Word.

“Fckin Niggr Lover… We’re Going to Burn Your Fu*kin House… We’re Coming For You”: Jackson County Prosecutor Receives Death Threats After Not Charging Black Woman Who Killed Violent White Man in Self Defense

By KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● October 25, 2022 October 25, 2022

Jackson County’s top prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker, has become the target of violent white supremacist death threats after declaring that the Black woman who shot 41-year-old Anthony Santi would not be charged

Social Media Posts Reveal Captor and Possible “Serial Killer,” Timothy Haslett Jr., Was A White Supremacist Who Believed We Are In A “Race War”

By KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● October 15, 2022 October 15, 2022

In the latest updates from the horrific ongoing investigation into Timothy Haslett Jr., The Defender has uncovered disturbing social media posts made by the kidnapper and sexual predator.

KCPD Said Missing Black Women Reports In KC Were “Completely Unfounded.” Less Than A Month Later, One Escaped After Being Kidnapped From Prospect & Tortured in a Basement For Over A Month

By KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● October 14, 2022 October 15, 2022

The bombshell revelations and horrifically tragic events explicitly disprove KCPD’s earlier statement that there are no missing Black women from this area and that the potential of a KC serial killer is “completely unfounded.” The woman also told investigators her friends “didn’t make it out” and had been murdered by the man.

The Kansas City Defender Hosts “Pop-Up Grocery Buyout” at Food Center, Gives $500 Cash Directly to Black People to Pay for Food & Groceries

By KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● October 11, 2022 October 11, 2022

This past Sunday we hosted our first “Pop-Up Grocery Buyout” — we showed up unannounced at Wild Woody’s Food Center on 31st Street and stood at the cash register and paid for Black people’s groceries until we ran out of money.

Does the Fed Investigation Into KCPD Mean Anything for Black People or the Broader Community?

By Ryan S. & KC Defender Staff ● Justice ● September 19, 2022 September 19, 2022

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into the Kansas City Police Department citing racial discrimination. But the investigation only looks into discrimination against officers, and not the murders, lies and coverups KCPD has inflicted against the community.

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