Activists take their demand for an investigation of ex-KCK cop to Justice Department
Community activists in Kansas City, Kansas, demanded in front of City Hall on Tuesday that federal authorities look into allegations of misconduct of a former police detective.
Representatives from the Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in KCK and others held a press conference saying accusations have been raised publicly against retired Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department detective Roger Golubski.
“However, the cries of the community are being ignored,” said Khadijah Hardaway, a community organizer and member of the Grant Chapel AME Church.
The press conference came days after Hardaway sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr asking if the Justice Department plans to act on allegations of abuse by Golubski.
Golubski is accused in a federal civil lawsuit filed against him and others in 2018 of extorting Black women in KCK for sexual favors under coercion while working as a detective, sometimes using vulnerable women to fabricate evidence in cases he was handling.
Golubski was sued by Lamonte McIntyre, a KCK man who served 23 years for a 1994 double-homicide he did not commit. Golubski was involved in the homicide investigation, which was later revealed to be shoddy. No physical evidence tied McIntyre to the scene and the investigation leaned on unreliable witnesses. McIntyre was freed from prison in 2017.
That lawsuit is still pending. Golubski has denied the substantive allegations against him in that lawsuit. His lawyer did not respond to a request for comment about Tuesday’s press conference or the letter to Barr.
An FBI spokeswoman said she could not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation earlier this summer said that in reviewing allegations against Golubski, it started a criminal investigation into the former detective focused on sexual assault allegations and whether he committed crimes related to the 1994 double-homicide for which McIntyre was convicted.
The KBI said in a July 2 statement that it shared possible federal violations with federal authorities for their consideration.
Hardaway’s letter to Barr demanded, among other things, that Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree investigate all convictions and cold cases “fitting the victimology of retired KCKPD detective Roger Golubski.”
This story was originally published August 18, 2020 at 5:29 PM.
