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Chapter 2: The Wrong Lamonte. In 1994, Kansas City, Kansas, Police arrested Lamonte McIntyre for a double homicide he didn’t commit — sending him to prison for more than two decades before he was finally exonerated. Except McIntyre was a mile away from those Hutchings Street murders. As it turns out, the only evidence police had to charge McIntyre was his first name, and the coerced testimony of two eyewitnesses.
The Kansas City Star Former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski faces allegations in a lawsuit that he used his police badge to exploit vulnerable Black women for sexual favors and coerced some of them into fabricating testimony to clear cases he investigated. Roger Golubski faces other legal challenges, including possible exposure to criminal prosecution, which lends added importance to any answers he might provide in a deposition. The question put to the retired Kansas City, Kansas, detective was shocking yet straightforward. “You understand we are accusing you of raping...
Simpler times. A simpler list. In 1929, 9-year-old Johnson City resident Ruby Mitchell wrote to Santa Claus with modest requests. This was, of course, before Christmas lists turned into the expensive, commercialized wishes we know in 2020. There were no smartphones, game consoles, bluetooth headphones and hoverboards to beg Santa to deliver. No, all Ruby wanted was a few of lifeâs basics and treats. And she made sure her little sister, Queenie, wouldnât go without, either. Nov. 17, 1929 Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl 9 years old and I go to school every day. I am in the second...