Gov. Parson, please come talk to us in Kansas City before pardoning Eric DeValkenaere
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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This pastor offers an open invitation to a listening session about the ex-KC police officer convicted of killing a Black man. | Opinion
If the governor lets Eric DeValkenaere off the hook for manslaughter, that will be his Juneteenth message. | Opinion
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.