KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Kansas City leaders and police are pushing back after false social media posts alleged widespread violence and emergency system failures unfolded across the city on Halloween night.
Posts circulating widely across platforms over the weekend claimed at least 14 shootings, four house fires, 28 overdoses, and a total blackout of the city’s 911 dispatch system.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas addressed the claims during a Sunday night Facebook Live, calling the online post a “cocktail of misinformation” fueled by a growing appetite for pessimism…