KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Team Roc is accusing the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department and Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK of stalling to turn over records requested last year.
The organization — which is a social justice branch of rap star Jay-Z's entertainment company, Roc Nation — filed a lawsuit Tuesday against KCKPD and the UG, according to NBC.
Last November, Team Roc and the Midwest Innocence Project filed a records request seeking documents related to allegations of corruption and misconduct by KCKPD.
Representatives from Team Roc told NBC News the organization was charged and paid a $2,200 fee.
To date, the lawsuit alleges 225 documents received by Team Roc have only been related to "personnel locator records showing officer shifts and assignments and a smaller handful consisting of training materials and department policies," among other allegations.
KCKPD has been on Team Roc's radar since 2021 when the organization filed a lawsuit against the department.
The lawsuit came just weeks after the FBI confirmed in 2021 it was investigating former KCKPD detective Roger Golubski.
Golubski, who was later arrested in September 2022, has long been accused of exploiting and terrorizing Black residents in KCK for years.
The former detective is charged with with six counts of deprivation of civil rights for allegedly using his authority as a law enforcement officer to sexually assault two victims.
His trial for those charges is set to start in December.
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