Group: Feds should investigate police in Kansas City, Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Activists and faith leaders are demanding a federal investigation into Kansas City, Kansas, police.

The Kansas City Star reports that Lora McDonald, executive director of MORE2, the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, said Friday during a news conference that the group plans to file a request with the U.S. Department of Justice to review the police department.

The department came under scrutiny in 2017 when Lamonte McIntyre was exonerated after spending 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit.

A lawsuit filed by McIntyre claims officers manipulated eyewitnesses and wrote police reports with fabricated information.