The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department recently settled a lawsuit for $65,000 that alleged one of its officers used ...

The suit accused officer Blayne Newton of assaulting Bermeeka Mitchell, a Lansing, Kansas, resident who filed the lawsuit in February, at a Platte County Walmart in September 2022 while he was off ...

In a report released late Friday, the Jackon County Prosecutor called for KCPD Officer Blayne Newton, who shot and killed Donnie Sanders in 2020, to be fired. A report from the prosecutor examines ...

The report called for the department to fire Blayne Newton, who fatally shot Sanders in 2020, “to ensure that this officer no longer poses a risk to public safety,” and also made a handful of other ...

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Kansas City Police Officer Blayne Newton has been sued and investigated for killing three people in two different incidents over the past four years. He's also been the subject of multiple ...

A woman who sued a Kansas City police officer for assault and battery in Platte County Circuit Court will receive $65,000 through a settlement agreement, the plaintiff’s attorney said.

The officer who killed Sanders, Blayne Newton, was not named in the report, but his identity has become public through lawsuits and numerous news articles. Newton was not charged in the March 2020 ...

The officer who killed Sanders, Blayne Newton, was not named in the report, but his identity has become public through lawsuits and numerous news articles. Newton was not charged in the March 2020 ...