{"id":231,"date":"2019-09-19T01:01:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T01:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcur.org\/community\/2019-09-19\/family-of-man-shot-and-killed-by-kansas-city-police-questions-official-version-of-events"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T13:05:24","slug":"justice-for-terrence-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/more2.org\/justice-for-terrence-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice For Terrence Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family Of Man Shot And Killed By Kansas City Police Questions Official Version Of Events<\/h1>\n
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KCUR | By\u00a0<\/span>Avery Gott<\/p>\n

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Published\u00a0September 19, 2019 at 5:10 PM CDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Terrence Bridges moved from Chicago with his two sons and girlfriend less than a year before his death. Photo courtesy of More2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Faith-based advocacy group More2 is demanding justice from the Kansas City Police Department following the fatal police shooting of Terrence Bridges in May. The group is calling for an indictment of the officer who killed him.<\/p>\n

The KCPD said on May 26, they responded to 911 calls about a domestic violence incident involving a firearm. When officers arrived, police said the woman in the home told them her car had been stolen and her husband kidnapped.<\/p>\n

KCPD said while the officer was on the scene, Bridges returned with the car he allegedly stole. When the officer attempted to arrest Bridges, police said he ran.<\/p>\n

Bridges\u2019 family refutes the claims in the police report. More2 spokesperson Max Sheffield-Baird said the facts don\u2019t add up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no evidence that he had carjacked,\u201d Sheffield-Baird said. \u201cYou do not have the keys to the car you are carjacking, drive away, and then come back an hour later to the scene. It was a car that he and his girlfriend used.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bridges\u2019 family and More2 said the Kansas City Police Department distorted the facts surrounding his killing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re misleading the media and the public so they don\u2019t have to be held accountable,\u201d More2 Spokesperson Max Sheffield-Baird said.<\/p>\n

A police statement released shortly after the press conference denied that there was an attempt to mislead the public and reaffirmed the version of events given that night. It also noted the shooting is under review by the Jackson County Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo protect the integrity of the process, we cannot discuss the facts involved in the shooting,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cWe respect the judicial process and must allow it to run its course without interference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bridges\u2019 family traveled to Kansas City from Chicago, where Bridges had relocated from less than a year before he was killed, to visit his gravesite and speak at a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came here to escape the violence,\u201d Bridges\u2019 sister Tierra Cox said. \u201cHe came here to make a better life for his kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

The killing of another black man in Kansas City was unsurprising to most of the family\u2019s supporters. President of the Kansas City Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Reverend Dr. Vernon Howard, said Bridges\u2019 death was another example of systemic racism in the KCPD.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are hard times which is why hard things must be said,\u201d Rev. Dr. Howard said. \u201cWhen someone white dies, the city stops. But when someone black dies from violence or police brutality, it is business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Avery Gott is an intern at KCUR.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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