Missouri

Kansas City Shooting Suspects Have Been Identified

The suspects in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl championship parade last week were identified Tuesday afternoon by a local prosecutor. Jean Peters Baker, prosecutor of Jackson County, Missouri, announced that Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays have been charged in the shooting in Kansas City on Wednesday that left one woman dead […]

Kansas City Mayor Accuses Missouri Gov of Racial ‘Dog Whistle’ After He Called Parade Shooters ‘Thugs’

Having perused several dictionaries for the definition of the word thug, I found that the meaning is relatively colorblind. There is no particular race attached to the word. Merriam-Webster defines it as “a violent or brutish criminal or bully.” The Oxford Dictionary defines it as “a violent person, especially a criminal.” People can assign cultural […]

Shots Fired at Site of Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Parade

A shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade on Wednesday has left at least one dead and nine injured. “Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins said eight to 10 people were injured but declined further comment, saying only that additional information will be released soon,” the Associated Press initially […]

‘We All Know’ How They Died

A relative of one of three Kansas City Chiefs fans found dead in early January outside of a friend’s home indicated in a new interview that the man who hosted the party had a history of supplying drugs to his friends. Caleb McGeeney is the cousin of Clayton McGeeney, one of the Kansas City Chiefs […]