Kansas City police officer arrested for history of corruption that could take down the entire force
In October 2021, after years and years of very serious complaints and building momentum organized by activists, a federal grand jury began investigating retired Kansas City, Kansas, police officer Roger Golubski. The wide range of accusations against Golubski, who retired as a detective in 2010, was horrific. It included everything from rape to planting evidence and fabricating testimony. And while various complaints and accusations were levied against Golubski long before 2021, the Kansas City Police Department (KCKPD) and the state’s prosecutors had conveniently been unable to do their jobs in investigating these very serious charges, even after state lawmakers began adding political pressure in 2020.
It took the relentless efforts of activists, and the help of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and his Team ROC (the justice activism wing and philanthropic arm of his entertainment company), who filed the lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas, and the Police Department in 2021 over civil rights violations and alleged widespread “misconduct” and corruption, for things to move forward. At the time, Lamonte McIntyre and his mother Rose were directly connected to the lawsuit, as they had accused Golubski of targeting Lamonte in a murder case after Rose had reportedly “rebuffed (Golubski’s) sexual advances.” Lamonte McIntyre served 23 years in jail before being exonerated of the crime.
On Sept. 16, the Department of Justice and the FBI arrested Golubski, who was just indicted on six counts by that very same grand jury. The specific charges for which Golubski has been arrested surround his alleged sexual assaults and rapes of two separate women between 1998 and 2002. This is just the tip of the iceberg, according to many.
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