‘A Betrayal of Justice’: Kansas City Detective Convicted of Killing Black Man In His Own Garage and Allegedly Planting Gun Freed By Republician Missouri Governor, Sparking Outrage
Former Kansas City Police Detective Eric DeValkenaere will not spend Christmas in prison, but his days as a cop are over, at least in Missouri. Missouri GOP Gov. Mike Parson commuted DeValkenaere’s six-year prison sentence Friday, one year after he started serving. He was convicted in 2021 of killing 26-year-old Cameron Lamb as he backed into his…