Some say he met them through his job. Some say he came to their houses, or offered them a ride home. According to dozens of women, Roger Golubski, a detective w...
The Courage Of A Chaplain & The Call for Transparency
For decades, the KCKPD has been mired in allegations of corruption—spanning drug dealing, burglary, and more. In the 1990s, a police chaplain bravely spoke out but was ignored. When silence became complicity, he walked away and joined MORE2, choosing integrity over acceptance. Decades later, his fight for justice remains unwavering. In episode 6 of Corruption Uncovered, we explore the courage of one man who refused to look the other way and the ongoing battle for transparency led by Team Roc as we confront the department’s refusal to release critical documents. What’s being hidden—and why? This episode features conversations with Rick Behrens, current Pastor at Grandview Park Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Former KCKPD Chaplain and Managing Director of Roc Nation’s, Team Roc Dania Diaz.
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Our Sons: The Ones Killed and the Ones Wrongfully Convicted
Doniel Quinn was funny, and kind, and turning his life around. Until his gruesome 1994 murder, one that Roger Golubski allegedly pinned on the wrong man. His true killer was never charged, and the tragic impacts of Doniel's death have extended for generations. In this episode, Doniel's mother Saundra Newsom remembers her son, and shares her quest for justice. And we talk to attorney Cheryl Pilate about the Blue Code of the KCKPD, and what, if anything, can happen to rebuild trust in a flawed system.
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Indifference: The Unsolved Murders of KCK
Dorothy Cooper’s daughter Starr was only one when her mother went missing. Now, Starr is searching for answers from a police department that’s known for dismissing the cases of missing and murdered Black women, and treating their families with indifference. This episode features conversations with Starr Cooper, Michelle McCormick, the Executive Director of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and attorney Cheryl Pilate.
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Time, Tears, Money
Violet Martin is still rebuilding from the things that happened to her family in 1997, when her brother and cousin were sentenced to 25 years to life for a crime they did not commit. They say KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski set them up for murder. In this episode, we sit with Violet Martin, and hear from Lora McDonald, Executive Director of MORE2, about how the harm from Roger Golubski’s actions is still being felt today.
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Open Secret
The scope and scale of what Roger Golubski is accused of doing is horrifying – and many in Kansas City, Kansas say it was an open secret. In this episode, we unpack what Golubki’s acts did to people, men and women in KCK, and we begin to explore the culture of the KCKPD - with veteran public radio journalist, Peggy Lowe, and Tricia Rojo Bushnell, Executive Director of the Midwest Innocence Project.
Some say he met them through his job. Some say he came to their houses, or offered them a ride home. According to dozens of women, Roger Golubski, a detective with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, raped, assaulted and stalked them. After decades of secrecy and fear, he was scheduled to face trial in Federal Court,charged with assault, rape and kidnapping. And accused of much more. But Golubski’s trial never began.
On Corruption Uncovered, we share stories of the women, the police department and the community; and we grapple with the questions left in the wake of his death. How could someone prey on so many people without consequence? Who else knew? How, if at all, can people be made whole? And what happens now?
Hosted by Josie Duffy Rice. From Roc Nation and its philanthropic and justice division, Team Roc. Produced by Pineapple Street Studios.
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