KU student body president launches Twitter project on racism
Tiara Floyd, first woman of color to serve as KU student body president, begins a June social media project to push for rewritten definitions of racial harassment. After graduating in May, Floyd partners with a Kansas State student to spotlight systemic racism at KU and KState amid George Floyd protests.
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Protesters pressure City Commission over long prison wait
A group of protesters disrupted the Lawrence City Commission meeting for about an hour demanding the release of Rontarus Washington Sr., a man jailed in Douglas County on a murder case for five years. Washington’s mother, Kenisha Clark, spoke emotionally as supporters urged defunding the police and using county links to secure his freedom.
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Man shot by police identified homicide suspect Hirsh
Nicholas Ryan Hirsh, 31, a Nebraska homicide suspect, was fatally shot by Lawrence police after they found a dead 41-year-old John Miles following a noon June 11 shooting. An OPD news release said a warrant existed for Hirsh on suspicion of first degree murder. He was in a red four door sedan in Jefferson.
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