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Jay Z’s Team Roc Files Lawsuit Exposing Kansas City Police Department

Jay Z’s philanthropic group, Team Roc, is suing the Kansas City Police Department (KCKPD) in an alleged case of cop misconduct. Team Roc says they requested public information from KCKPD regarding a case, but only received partial documents. The withheld information could allude to an internal cover up from KCKPD. In pursuing the case, Team Roc is doing their due diligence to help expose a corrupt system. Kansas City activists have called for an investigation of KCKPD after multiple incidents of misconduct involving officers. In the past, KCKPD officers have been charged with committing sex crimes involving a minor and assaulting an inmate.

This is not the first time the KCKPD have seen misconduct and discrimination lawsuits. Previously, a black female officer sued the department in federal court over claims of racial and gender discrimination. In an interview with CBS News, Dania Diaz, Roc Nation’s managing director of philanthropy, said she hopes that lawsuit will expose misconduct within the KCKPD as well as in the community. 

Jay-Z Leading By Example

Hov formed Team Roc in 2018 with the mission of shedding light on social injustice and leaving an impact locally and globally. Since then, charitable giving and activism have been at the forefront of Team Roc’s efforts. Attempts to silence victims of police misconduct, especially minorities, are growing these days. Acting as a voice to the voiceless,  Team Roc and other groups like it have not ceased their efforts, rising to meet the current challenge.

Expanding The Brand

Alongside Team Roc, Jay Z has expanded the Roc Nation brand beyond music and entertainment. Roc Nation formed an alliance with the NFL in efforts to manage the league’s entertainment ventures, including the Super Bowl halftime show. Additionally, Team Roc furthers their community activism efforts through the NFL’s Inspire Change program. Diaz said:

“There is no strict science behind it- it’s what moves our hearts.”

Taking on lesser-known cases nationally is all part of Team Roc’s mission to support the entire black community. 

Previously, Team Roc’s efforts have included dismissing charges in the 2018 arrest of Montavious Smith for failing to remove his hoodie in a Memphis mall. And in June of 2018, 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr., was riding in a car that was pulled over by East Pittsburgh police. Rose fled the scene, and police gunned him down. Afterwards, Team Roc worked with Antwon’s mother to develop a PSA raising awareness on his death and others like it. Clearly, our country needs changes, and Jay-Z and Team Roc are setting the example. Weigh in on this issue on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @FMHipHop.

 

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Another Child Killed By the Hands of the Police

Ma’Khia Bryant Another Victim of the Kill Squad

It is a somber world.  Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer.  Four bullets went into her body.  Police firearm training teaches officers to shoot until the threat is over.  Ma’Khia Bryant was a minor female, any reasonable person knows that it doesn’t take many hollow point bullets to stop one minor female.  On police officer body cam footage viewers see there was an altercation between Ma’Khia and another young lady; however, the officer decided to use deadly force before asking Bryant to drop the weapon she brandished.  Is that what the justice system considers justified?

How is Columbus Going to Handle Another Killing?

In a press conference, a question was posed.  “Can an officer shoot a leg…?”  The interim Chief of Police answered the question, by stating officers train to shoot the center mass of the body.

The city of Columbus, Ohio has a right to be hurt, they have a right to be mad, and they have a right to flood Mayor Andrew Ginther with letters and calls to make them hold the officers involved in that shooting accountable.  We live in a world now where when the police are called out to an altercation,  the ambulance should follow along, because someone’s probably going to die.

 

This killing came just moments after George Floyd’s family heard the guilty murder conviction of the officer that killed their loved one.  Ma’Khia was only sixteen years old when she was killed. This young lady had a story to tell, and now her words have been forever silenced.

 

According to U.S News, LeBron James took down a tweet he made about the killing of Ma’Khia Bryant stating, “I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because it’s being used to create more hate,” the Los Angeles Lakers star said.

 

Written by: Tennile Friday

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