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The governor said his office has had no conversations about pardoning the first Kansas City police officer convicted of killing a Black man. But he could do so, he said, even without an application for clemency.

Missouri's governor says he may pardon Eric DeValkenaere

After the 2020 protests, KCPD made new rules for how officers should respond to protesters. Here’s what they could mean if Gov. Parson pardons the former police officer convicted of killing Cameron Lamb.

Eric Devalkenaere, a former Kansas City police detective, was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for the death of Cameron Lamb.

Missouri governor plans to pardon Kansas City police officer who shot dead Black man - Mike Parson reportedly weighing pardon for Eric DeValkenaere over killing of Cameron Lamb

This pastor offers an open invitation to a listening session about the ex-KC police officer convicted of killing a Black man. | Opinion

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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker sent a letter to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson urging him to not pardon a former Kansas City Police detective who killed Cameron Lamb in 2019. DeValkenaere was the first KCPD officer to ever be convicted in the fatal shooting of Black man.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a former sheriff, has spent his political career defending law enforcement. As governor, the Republican has had a sometimes tense relationship with minority communities.

The Missouri Attorney General’s office hasn’t responded to former Kansas City detective Eric DeValkenaere’s appeal and has not cooperated with prosecutors, Jean Peters Baker said.