Toriano Porter
Opinion Writer and Editorial Board Member at Kansas City Star
Opinion writer @kcstar editorial board. Kansas City People's Choice Humanitarian Award 2022. https://t.co/u84hSQ4LNC. [email protected]
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23 hours ago |
kansascity.com | Toriano Porter
Folks, I'm torn. On one hand, I am happy for the family of Cameron Lamb, the 26-year-old Black man fatally shot by ex-Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere. This week, Lamb's loved ones reached a $4.1 million settlement in a federal lawsuit filed against DeValkenaere, the Kansas City Police Department and its Board of Police Commissioners. In reaching this settlement, the family has some measure of financial relief.
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6 days ago |
kansascity.com | Toriano Porter
As a literary historian and executive director of Kansas City's Black Archives of Mid-Missouri, Carmaletta Williams knows a thing or two about Black history both locally and nationwide. And make no mistake: She is certain of one thing despite President Donald Trump's push to end diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal government. "They can't erase us," Williams, an African American woman, said.
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2 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Toriano Porter
President Donald Trump wants the Kansas City Chiefs to visit the White House to celebrate their 2020 Super Bowl win over San Francisco. According to owner Clark Hunt, the team is interested in accepting the invite. This week, I asked a team official if the organization had made its decision about the trip but was told nothing has changed since Hunt's remark at the annual NFL owners meeting last month in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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3 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Toriano Porter
Whether voters approve the measure or not, the current tax rate would remain the same for the next 10 years, district officials have said. Facebook/Lee's Summit R-7 School District Greenwood Elementary School, built in 1910, is the oldest school building in Lee's Summit. Across town, Hazel Grove Elementary School was constructed in 1940. To say these two buildings - and others in the Lee's Summit school district - are old and outdated would state the obvious.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Toriano Porter
Randall Johnson is a law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Earlier this month, Johnson, a Black man, filed a public accommodation lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court alleging that because of his race he was denied service at Osteria Il Centro, a restaurant near UMKC and the Country Club Plaza.
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