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Ex-KCPD Detective Eric DeValkenaere's attorney, deputy attorney general were grilled by panel of judges who were skeptical of their arguments

In a rare legal move, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has argued for the ex-detective’s convictions to be thrown out.

“If DeValkenaere is pardoned … the people of Kansas City will not stand idly by.”

A number of organizations joined on the steps of the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri to oppose a potential pardon of former KCPD Detective Eric DeValkenaere, who is appealing his conviction in the killing of Cameron Lamb.

The officer was convicted for the 2019 shooting death of Kansas City man Cameron Lamb

“If DeValkenaere is pardoned, if he is let off the hook by any other means, the people of Kansas City will not stand idly by. We are not going to let this injustice stand,” a Kansas City activist said.

The head of the Heartland Soccer Association told this reader it’s up to the coaches and parents whether the kids play. Today’s letters to the editor:

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker asked permission to defend the conviction of a Kansas City police officer on appeal after the Missouri Attorney General would not. Here’s what the judge said.

Eric Devalkenaere was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for the shooting death of Cameron Lamb.

A Missouri prosecutor wants to step in after Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked an appeals court to reverse the conviction of a former Missouri police officer who is white