Student activists rallied Tuesday at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, calling for the firing of newly hired campus police chief Daniel Graves.
Roughly 15 students and organizers with the university’s chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America said their protest was largely due to a letter of support Graves wrote for former Kansas City Police Department Det. Eric DeValkenaere.
“If UMKC wants to make this right, they would fire Daniel Graves and make an outward apology condemning what they have done; that is the bare minimum,” said Sawyer Cohen, a freshman UMKC student. “Although I know UMKC, and this won’t happen without your outrage, so do as you can and advocate for the firing of Daniel Graves.”…