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Kansas City Considers Dropping Charges Against Protesters

Kansas City officials have advanced a measure that would drop misdemeanor charges against those who took part in street protests to decry racial injustice following the police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Kansas City Star reports that the City Council is considering legislation offered by Councilman Brandon Ellington to prevent many of those people from being prosecuted, as long as they didn’t commit a violent crime or damage property. The council’s Special Committee on Legal Review voted 3-1 on Tuesday to advance the legislation. The full City Council is expected to hear the proposal next week. More than 220 people who took to the streets from May 29 through June 2 were arrested.

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