Lawsuit claims KCK police, including disgraced detective Roger Golubski, covered up crimes
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A new 75-page lawsuit filed in Kansas alleges police in Kansas City, Kansas, operated a “protection racket” for decades, helping shield gangs and traffickers of drugs and women to continue the pattern of abuse.
The lawsuit names disgraced former detective Roger Golubski as one of the defendants. Golubski already faces six federal charges for deprivation of civil rights and is set to appear before a jury trial on Dec. 2, 2024.
The lawsuit, filed by Jermeka Hobbs, alleges that “for decades the most powerful gangs in KCK were sanctioned by, and operated under the protection of, the Unified Government itself.” It names Golubski, along with six former police chiefs and four other detectives.
A spokesperson for the Unified Government told KCTV it was unable to comment on any pending litigation.
“The Protection Racket offered drug dealers and sex traffickers protection from law enforcement, advance notice of police raids, and coverups for gang murders,” the lawsuit claims. “In exchange, the Protection Racket received money, drugs, stolen goods and access to exploited and vulnerable women and girls.”
It continues.
“To build its power and corner the corruption market, Defendants’ Protection Racket included government agents using the power of their official positions to permit, encourage, foster, and cultivate illegal activities, including the sale of crack cocaine and other drugs, gambling, trafficking in stolen goods, sex trafficking and prostitution.”
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Golubski is alleged to have used his powers and privileges as a police detective to manage the operation, the lawsuit claims. That power and privilege it says began in 1975, “as soon as he graduated from the KCKPD police academy.”
The lawsuit, filed Friday, Sept. 13, claims drug raids often failed because large drug dealers in Kansas City, Kansas, were aware of when they were coming.
“KCKPD commanders and others in the Unified Government either turned a blind eye, or, as was often the case, benefitted from the illicit arrangements themselves,” the lawsuit reads. “The Unified Government and KCKPD commanders were well aware of Golubski’s illicit practices, which were the subject of crude jokes and also conveyed implicit approval for others to sexually assault or exploit vulnerable women in the community.”
Hobbs is one of the victims of Golubski’s crimes, the lawsuit said. In 2005, after being thrown through her shower doors by her boyfriend, 911 was called. Hobbs, who was then an alcoholic and drug user, was met by Golubski several days later. Golbuski told the woman he had her domestic case, and used it to coerce her into sexual acts.
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