A 21-year veteran of the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department filed a lawsuit against the agency, alleging that he was forced to meet illegal ticket quotas and target minority communities.
into the police department’s employment practices and alleged discrimination against Black officers.
“But even with these laws in place, there’s either subtle or overt ticket quotas that are occurring all the time,” Jay Beeber, director of policy and research at the National Motorists Association, told Yahoo News. While ticket quotas are illegal in several states, Beeber says, they still exist behind closed doors because of the revenue they bring in.
. In contrast, white people in Missouri make up 80% of the state’s population and account for less than 25% of all traffic stops,” Tom Bastian, deputy director for communications for the ACLU of Missouri, told Yahoo News. But Easter says the root of the problem is that police in Kansas City aren’t accountable to the local residents. While most cities control their police departments, the KCPD is run by a five-member board of police commissioners, four of whom are appointed by the Missouri governor and one of whom is the mayor.
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