A Criminal Injustice: How a City Ignored the Rape, Murder and Terrorism of Black Women for 4 decade

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For 3 years, The Root has investigated a heinous police scandal involving accusations of corruption, serial rape and possibly murder.

Perhaps the reason these allegations haven't made national news is that the victims are Black women

A Criminal Injustice: How a City Ignored the Rape, Murder and Terrorism of Black Women for Four...
The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman. —El Hajj Malik El...
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10:41 AM · May 27, 2021

https://www.theroot.com/a-criminal-injustice-how-a-city-ignored-the-rape-murd-1846883970


Content Warning: The following article contains graphic details of sexual assault.

What you are about to read is a true story.

This is a story about a law enforcement officer in Kansas City, Kan., who elected officials, private citizens, lawmakers and fellow police officers have publicly accused of corruption, sexual assault and even murder. But this is not a story about a man. This is not a story about a police officer. This is not a story about Kansas City, a rapist, a serial killer, policing or America. This is a story about us. This story is about the fundamental question of who we are as human beings.

This story is not a secret. For years, I have recounted the details of this story in rooms with the most powerful lawmakers in America. I have personally told it to some of the most famous celebrities in the world and the most influential people in the entertainment industry. I have the telling of it down to a science. And at every turn—even the iteration you are reading at this very moment—the response is always the same:

“But what d0es ___ say about it.”

“But…”

For centuries, white America ignored the way law enforcement officers treated Black people. But then they saw cellphone footage of it, and suddenly, police brutality was unignorable. A Black woman created the “Me Too” movement but no one paid attention until white women started saying it. The war on drugs wasn’t a huge problem. But when white people began using meth, heroin and opiates, we needed a new approach.

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2. That was a hard read.

My god.