Amaree’ya Henderson was delivering food when he was fatally shot by a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer during a traffic stop. Now, community members are calling for transparency and demanding the department release footage of the shooting.
Dozens of people gathered at the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department on Saturday to demand it release footage of the shooting of a 25-year-old Kansas City man by a police officer.
Amaree’ya Henderson was fatally shot on April 26 by a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer conducting a traffic stop at about 8:30 p.m. in the Argentine neighborhood. A coalition of local civil rights organizations and community and family members are now calling for more transparency around Henderson’s case and others.