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Those who think justice should be colorblind do not work in America's newsrooms. Consider the headlines that followed a ruling this week by a Missouri appeals court. "Missouri appeals court upholds conviction of white KC cop in killing of Black man," Kansas City Star. "Former Kansas City Police officer arrested after court upholds conviction for…
A panel of judges unanimously ruled there had been enough evidence to convict Eric DeValkenaere for Cameron Lamb's death.
Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City police officer convicted in the killing of a Black man, was booked at the Platte County jail. He will be held there until he is taken to a Missouri prison.
Eric DeValkenaere, the former Kansas City, Missouri, police officer who was convicted of two felonies in the shooting death of Cameron Lamb, has surrendered to Platte County authorities.
Cameron Lamb's mother and Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker were waiting to share an embrace together Tuesday afternoon.