Top KC Detective Exposed as Leader of Sex Trafficking Ring, Preyed on Vulnerable Black Women for Profit

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Kansas City, KS.
First AK NBC9 News investigation

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in Wyandotte County, Former
detectives and several former

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police chiefs now face a
lawsuit.

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A group of women accused them of
operating a criminal enterprise

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and terrorizing the black
community for decades.

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He was a decorated detective,
feared and respected on the

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streets of Kansas City.
But behind his tough reputation,

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Detective Rodger Golubsky had a
dark secret.

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He was in bed with the local
drug Lord running a sex

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trafficking ring that preyed on
innocent young girls.

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For years, Golubsky used his
power and position to protect

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the operation from law
enforcement, profiting from the

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exploitation of vulnerable
girls.

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But eventually justice caught up
with him when he was indicted on

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multiple charges.
Even his lawyers, desperate

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attempts to prove his innocence
couldn't save him from the

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mounting evidence against him.
As details emerged during the

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trial, it became clear that
Golubsky didn't just turn a

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blind eye to the horrors
happening under his watch, he

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actively participated.
Using his position as a police

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officer, he hand picked girls
for sexual services in exchange

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for protecting the trafficking
ring.

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But it wasn't just about greed
and power for Golubsky.

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He was also a violent predator
who took advantage of his

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position of authority to
sexually assault women and even

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teenage girls while on duty.
And as if that wasn't enough,

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another indictment was filed
against him for conspiracy

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against rights and involuntary
servitude in connection with the

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sex trafficking ring.
The ringleader behind this

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despicable operation?
Cecil Brooks, a ruthless man who

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forced these young girls into
horrific acts against their

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will.
One victim bravely testified

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that she was only 16 years old
when Golubski raped her after

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pulling her hair and choking
her.

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This is just the tip of the
iceberg.

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The full extent of the damage
caused by this sickening

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enterprise is yet to be
uncovered.

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But one thing's for sure, there
will be no escape for those

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involved.
Justice will prevail no matter

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how long it takes to bring these
monsters to their knees.

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Get ready to take a deep dive
into the gritty world of true

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crime with no tears for black
girls.

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Today's episode will drag you

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through the darkest depths with
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tunnel.
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This one's going to be a bumpy
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Hang tight.
Y'all.

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I would have to come down to the
police station headquarters, go

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to the front desk, and then I
guess they would call back and

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then he would come out and get
me so we can leave and go get in

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the car.
That was his lunch break, but we

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will go to his house so he can
do the oral sex homie.

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When he called, I had to show
up.

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It was like I didn't have no
choice.

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I knew he was blackmailing me,
but I didn't know how to tell

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somebody really for real.
But I knew he was blackmailing

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me.
Mika Hobbs first encountered

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Kansas City, KS Police Captain
Roger Golubski in January of

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2006.
She was 26 at the time and had

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just been released from the
hospital after being thrown

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through her shower door by her
boyfriend.

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There was no reason for the
homicide captain to be

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investigating an aggravated
battery, and according to court

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records, he had nothing to do
with the investigation.

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But because he knew there were
drugs in the house, Mika felt

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blackmailed into having sex with
him for years.

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She says he took her on creepy
rides to his home in

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Edwardsville and through other
parts of Wyandotte County that

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she agreed to visit again on
camera.

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This is just the area You see my
route.

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There's nobody on this route.
This is the route we used to

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take.
Nobody around.

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This was a whole street that we
went down.

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My mama's told me never to go on
this street being grown up.

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Barriers now block this stretch
of Brown Ave. east of 20 1st St.

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The sloping Rd.
That Glubsky would creep along

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with her is overgrown and
impassable.

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He never drove fast.
He just, hey, he's he's he's

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just like cruise through here.
He would just act like he was

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just driving, looking around as
we rode through.

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Here he have a stack of pictures
just in his on his glove, I mean

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on his dash.
Some of them were Porter Roy,

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some of them were obituaries,
some of them were just pictures

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of women in jail, just mugshot.
He was just asking me, did I

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know him?
These women are way older than

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me, like old enough to be my
Mama.

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Majority of the women that he
showed me had red lipstick on

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and we all kept our hair
similar.

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All I heard was similar.
The women's that he showed me,

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he said that those are cases
that he had.

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Some of these women that he was
showing me that he said he had

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cases.
I thought they were just victims

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like me.
Along my ride he would make me

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feel on them and put my hand
between his legs and he would

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ask me.
He would ask me about just

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certain women, and then he asked
me what I know about them.

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Apartments.
Delavan apartments.

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I don't know nothing about them.
My uncle just stayed there.

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The Delavan Apartments were the
alleged site of a sex

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trafficking ring operated by
Cecil Brooks Galubski and two

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other men.
They're only a short distance

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from another stop the detective
always made in the area, the

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Overlook at the historic
Quindaro Ruins.

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When we came up, we come through
here, but we always pass this

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right here, come up, go there,
right here.

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He'll pull out more pictures.
And he asked me, did I know

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certain women?
Nothing but women, women

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victims.
Or they could have been dead.

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They could have been alive, you
know.

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But they were all women.
Golubski's route with Mika Hobbs

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also took them N on 18th St.
just before the road dead ends

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at the Kansas River.
He'd turn into the Memorial Park

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Cemetery.
Go this way.

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He's back here and drive to the
children's burial section on the

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northeast edge of it.
Go straight on back.

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Every time he took me on my
route, we cruise through here.

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He slowed down glance over here
once again, put my hand between

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his legs and then he would just
slowly drop out.

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But he always glanced over here.
Now look at the rest of the

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fence.
I think there were people that

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he did send to back there
because you just not going to

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keep taking me on the same route
then, you know?

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You just going to keep asking me
about pictures, you know?

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Are you thinking about the
women?

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Why would he ask me about a
served woman?

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Well, maybe that's one of the
woman he did send to her right

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here.
What would closure look like at

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this point?
Closure would look like at this

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point is it'll be a big relief
because my kids know that it

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wasn't me.
He had a high rank position that

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was to keep people safe and to
protect people.

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But now he used that against
his.

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He used it.
It's a lot more women.

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They won't.
They scared to come, but not I.

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Roger Golubsky, a small town boy
from Edwardsville, KS, grew up

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in the gritty streets of
Wyandotte County.

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Raised in a staunch Catholic
family and haunted by the

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Vietnam War, he sought refuge in
religion and attempted to become

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a priest.
But fate had other plans for

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him.
Instead, he found himself

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wearing a different kind of
uniform, that of a law

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enforcement officer.
And with it came a tangled web

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of deceit and corruption.
The whispers started soon after

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Golubski joined the Kansas City,
KS Police Department in 1975.

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Questions about his conduct on
the job, rumors of excessive

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force and violence began to
swirl around this young officer.

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But it wasn't until March 5th,
1978 that things took a deadly

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turn.
A man named Kenneth Borg ended

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up dead at the Bethany Medical
Center in an alleged case of

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police brutality.
The official report stated that

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Borg died from internal bleeding
caused by a fall during his

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drunken stupor, but whispers on
the street said otherwise.

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According to witnesses, Golovski
admitted to striking Borg with

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his nightstick while
transporting him from the

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Gaslight Club to the jail.
But there were no witnesses to

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back up his story and when the
coroner's jury issued their

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verdict of accident due to self
indulgence, many believed it was

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a cover up orchestrated by
corrupt cops.

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A follow up investigation
revealed even more disturbing

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inconsistencies. 1 Juror was
married to another KCK cop and

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New Golovsky's patrol partner
and a high-ranking police

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captain served as a bailiff
during closed door proceedings.

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But the most damning evidence
against Golovsky was the

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polygraph test.
He passed, some say with flying

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colors.
It seemed like nothing could

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stop this smooth talking cop
with connections within the

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department.
It was only later, when another

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suspicious death occurred under
similar circumstances, that

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people began to question if
Rodger Golubski was truly above

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the law.
A freak injury, they called it.

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But was it really just bad luck
or something more sinister?

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Only time would tell as the
investigation into Golubski's

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past and present actions was
reopened and one thing became

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clear.
This small town boy had a lot of

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secrets to hide.
Detective Golubsky had always

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been one step ahead of the game.
With an extensive network of

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sources and informants.
He was the go to man for any

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lead or contact needed to solve
a case.

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But as Borg's death rocked the
department, suspicions swirled.

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Was there a cover up?
The FBI investigated, but no

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charges were brought against
Golubsky, and as he continued to

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climb the ranks, rumours
circulated that he kept his

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sources secret from his fellow
officers.

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He was called a lone wolf by
some, while others just called

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him a damn good detective.
But with great power came great

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scrutiny, and it wasn't long
before Golovsky found himself in

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the hot seat once again.
Only time would tell if this

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detective could keep his secrets
hidden and stay one step ahead

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of the law.
The attorneys for the Mcintyre's

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knew Golovsky's game all too
well.

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He was like a predator, praying
on vulnerable black women who

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were desperate for his help.
But instead of serving and

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protecting, he used his badge to
terrorize and extort sexual

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favors from them.
He would manipulate them into

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providing false evidence,
closing cases, and cementing his

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reputation as a top detective.
But when questioned about his

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actions, Golovsky clammed up,
refusing to answer, citing his

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Fifth Amendment rights.
And it wasn't just one incident.

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There were multiple occasions
where he was caught in the act

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with a woman while on duty, and
even his former police chief

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couldn't recall the specific
incident, conveniently

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forgetting the actions of his
star detective now facing

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potential criminal prosecution.
Golubski had nowhere to hide.

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The accusations against him were
grave, and he couldn't deny

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hearing them before.
This wasn't just corruption,

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this was rape and coercion at
the hands of a supposed

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protector of the law.
The retired 68 year old sat in

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silence, knowing that his past
was finally catching up to him.

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Rodger Golovsky was a top cop in
Kansas City, KS for over 3

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decades, rising through the
ranks from patrol officer to

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detective and finally captain.
But when Lamont McIntyre was

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released from his wrongful
imprisonment for two murders,

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questions were raised about
Golovsky's methods.

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Rumors of exploiting vulnerable
black women for sexual favors,

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coercing them into providing
false testimony, and even raping

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one woman who he promised to
help free her children from

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legal trouble began to surface.
And now, sitting in a plush law

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office facing attorneys with a
track record of taking down

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crooked cops, Golovski invokes
his Fifth Amendment rights as he

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is questioned about his
questionable tactics.

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Freudenberger, a powerhouse
attorney known for representing

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victims of police misconduct and
those wrongfully convicted like

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OJ Simpson, presses Gallupsky
with tough questions while

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McIntyre and his mother watch
from Zoom.

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But as expected, Gallupsky
refuses to answer under the

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guidance of his attorney.
This isn't the first time Pilot

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Runnels and their team have
taken on Gallupsky.

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They were the ones who
successfully proved Mcintyre's

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innocence after Gallupsky
manipulated witnesses to falsely

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identify him as the killer in a
1994 case.

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Roche, Gallupsky's attorney,
remains tight lipped about his

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clients responses during the
deposition, but has denied all

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accusations against him in the
Mcintyre's lawsuit.

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But with such strong evidence
and skilled lawyers on the other

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side, will Golubsky be able to
continue evading justice?

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Only time will tell.
In this ongoing battle between

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truth and corruption in the KCK
Police Department,

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Freudenberger's interrogation
tactics painted a picture of

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corrupt superiors within the
Kansas City Police Department

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who were well aware of
Golubsky's illicit activities

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with prostitutes, mostly drug
addicts and vulnerable women,

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coerced into submission by law
enforcement.

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But instead of taking action,
they turned a blind eye or

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perhaps even encouraged it.
The current spokesperson for

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KCKPD, Nancy Chartrand, claims
that all those involved in the

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case have since retired or moved
on, leaving no one to comment on

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the sordid details.
The lawsuit names not only

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Golubsky, but also various
colleagues from the department

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and the Unified Government of
Wyandotte County, Kansas City.

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But this is not the only legal
battle Golubsky faces.

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He may also face criminal
charges, making his testimony

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critical in the ongoing
investigation.

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The Kansas Bureau of
Investigation has delved into

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allegations of sexual assault
against Golubsky as well as any

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potential connection to the
wrongful conviction of Lamont

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McIntyre.
While their investigation did

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not uncover any violations of
state laws within the statute of

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limitations, they have referred
possible federal crimes to the

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proper authorities.
Bridget Patton from the FB Is

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Kansas City Field Office could
neither confirm nor deny an

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active investigation standard
protocol in such cases.

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However, testimonies from
Mcintyre's exoneration hearing

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and other cases reveal A
disturbing pattern.

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Gallupsky allegedly praying on
vulnerable women, particularly

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black women, and using
intimidation to silence them.

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The details of the McIntyre
lawsuit are shocking and

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disturbing.
Testimony from a woman who

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wishes to stay anonymous reveals
decades old crimes committed by

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Officer Gallupsky.
This Kansas City native recalls

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being raped and forced into oral
sex by Gallupsky during a search

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warrant at her home.
The officer used his position to

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manipulate and intimidate this
victim, promising to help her

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children if she complied with
his advances.

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But it didn't stop there.
The assaults continued at her

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residence and even in Golubsky's
own police car as he faced

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criminal charges for her
children.

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This brave woman wanted to
report the abuse, but feared

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retaliation from the corrupt
culture within the KCK Police

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Department.
And she was not alone.

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Former FBI Special Agent Alan
Jenerick, who investigated

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corruption within the department
in the late 1980s and early

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1990s, revealed that thirteen or
fourteen officers were under

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investigation at one time, only
scratching the surface of the

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true extent of misconduct.
In fact, Mcintyre's legal team

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has subpoenaed records from the
US Attorney's Office seeking

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information on Operation Street
Smart, the code name for an

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investigation into corruption,
civil rights violations, drug

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activity, theft, sexual
extortion, and any other illegal

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activities within the KCKPD.
It seems like this operation may

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have just been the tip of the
iceberg.

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The SLY legal team representing
McIntyre had more than just a

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few tricks up their sleeves.
They cunningly subpoenaed the

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Wyandotte County District
Attorney's Office for records

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related to the 2000 murder of
Stacy Quinn, a crucial witness

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in the April 15th, 1994 double
slang that landed McIntyre

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behind bars at just 17 years
old.

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Stacy Quinn had witnessed the
brutal murder of Donald Ewing

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and her own cousin, Daniel
Quinn.

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She stood across the street from
the powder blue Cadillac where 4

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shotgun blasts rang out in broad
daylight and she saw everything.

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But strangely enough, there was
no record of Detective Golubsky,

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who was not even assigned to
homicide cases at the time, ever

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interviewing Stacy, and she
never took the stand during

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Mcintyre's trial.
In a bold move, Mcintyre's team

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presented A sworn statement from
Quinn herself stating that he

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was not the shooter on that
fateful day.

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She described the killer as
someone who looked nothing like

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McIntyre and had different
physical characteristics, But it

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seemed like Detective Golubski
was more interested in talking

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to other witnesses like Ruby
Mitchell and Stacy's sister,

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Nikko Quinn.
Both were farther away from the

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scene and could not see the
shooter's face.

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But here's where things get
interesting.

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Mitchell initially identified
McIntyre as the shooter during

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an interview with police after
the shooting and later at trial.

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However, in a sworn affidavit in
2011, she admitted that she may

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have mistakenly identified him
due to fear and pressure from

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Detective Golobsky.
See, he had a history of making

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inappropriate comments about
women's bodies and even asked

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Mitchell if she dated white men
while driving her to the police

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station.
Nikko Quinn had come forth with

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a damning statement against
Detective Golobsky.

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She claimed he coerced her into
falsely identifying McIntyre

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from a lineup, even going so far
as to promise her a new place to

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live in exchange for her
compliance.

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It was clear that Gallupski
would do whatever it takes to

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get a conviction, even if it
meant manipulating witnesses and

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fabricating evidence.
But now, with the truth coming

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to light, it was undeniable that
McIntyre was innocent and had

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been wrongfully convicted.
The real question was who was

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the true perpetrator, and why
did Golubsky go to such lengths

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to frame an innocent teenager?
As time ticked by, so did

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Mcintyre's chances of proving
his innocence in this twisted

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case of injustice.
But he wouldn't rest until

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justice was served and the truth
was unearthed.

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No matter how many obstacles
stood in his way, the clock was

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ticking and the evidence was
unraveling against him.

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In this dark game of deception
and betrayal, only time would

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tell who would come out on top.
But when Niko Quinn crossed

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paths with McIntyre in the
courthouse, she knew he wasn't

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the shooter.
And when she tried to come

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forward with this information,
prosecutor Tara Moorhead

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threatened to take away her
children if she didn't testify

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otherwise.
But there was another crucial

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witness that Detective Golobski
conveniently never interviewed,

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Stacy Quinn.
As it turns out, numerous

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witnesses revealed that Golovski
had been paying Stacy for sex

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for years, starting when she was
just 16 or 17 years old.

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And when Gallupsky took the
stand and invoked his right to

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remain silent, it only added
fuel to the fire of suspicion

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surrounding his involvement in
this corrupt case.

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Quinn's body was found riddled
with bullets on a frigid January

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morning in 2000, discarded like
garbage at Quindaro Park.

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The news would have you believe
she was just another nameless

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victim in this crooked city.
But I know the truth.

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It goes much deeper than that.
Marcus Washington junior,

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convicted for first degree
murder, did the deed under the

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guidance of Detective Golubsky
and former police Chief Terry

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Ziegler, a deadly duo.
Some might say Quinn's brutal

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death may not be directly tied
to the notorious McIntyre case,

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but his lawyers are digging for
any connections to those

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Wyandotte County prosecutors.
Golubsky is a man shrouded in

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shadows, protected by those in
power, but my team managed to

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unearth some juicy details about
his three failed marriages and a

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hushed up, annulled marriage.
One of his ex wives even

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testified underoath about their
encounter at a gas station

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during one of Golubski's
investigations.

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And it wasn't just a random run
in no he had been pursuing her

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long before she knew anything
about the case.

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Control and power seemed to be
Golubski's driving forces, as

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revealed by his ex wife's
stories of manipulation and

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shady financial dealings, and
even his own family looked down

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on her because of the color of
her skin.

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I knew Rodger had a thing for
black women, she said in her

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affidavit.
When I asked him why, he replied

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because they're uneducated.
I couldn't believe it.

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To deal with my hurt feelings, I
ended up maxing out credit

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cards.
She thought she had left him

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behind.
But Golovsky was not one to let

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go easily.
Even after their divorce, he

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stalked her for a decade, always
lurking in the shadows and never

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letting her feel safe.
But it wasn't just his obsessive

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behavior that made him notorious
in Kansas City.

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Ruby Ellington's sworn affidavit
revealed a darker side to this

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former police detective.
Golovski had an insatiable

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appetite for black prostitutes,
specifically those who were drug

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addicted and powerless.
And according to Ellington, this

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was no secret within the Police
Department.

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Former Mayor Mark Holland even
spoke up about Golubsky's

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reputation, citing credible
allegations of him extorting sex

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from black women in the
community.

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And while Golubsky may have been
able to cover up his actions

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before, things were about to
unravel, Lamont McIntyre was

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just 17 years old when he was
sent to prison for 25 years for

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a crime he didn't commit.
And it was all thanks to

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Golubsky's dubious testimony and
the cover up by the Wyandotte

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County Justice System.
But as complaints against

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Golovsky continued to surface
during his time with the KCKPD,

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it became clear that this former
detective was not above using

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his power and influence for his
own twisted desires.

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The list of complaints against
Officer Golovsky was long and

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disturbing.
Some were dismissed as unfounded

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by the Police Department, while
others resulted in no

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disciplinary action.
One particularly unsettling

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incident from 2009 involved
Golubsky and his fellow officers

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searching a woman's apartment
during a murder investigation as

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they threatened her and searched
for her boyfriend.

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Golubsky made a chilling
statement about hauling her

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black ass in for aiding and
abetting, and if that wasn't

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enough, he then proceeded to
judge her based on the photos on

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her wall, warning her to change
the type of men she dates

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because they're all criminals.
But this was just one complaint,

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dating back to 2005, when it was
alleged that Golubsky had put a

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woman's safety at risk by
revealing her status as an FBI

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informant.
The case was closed due to lack

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of cooperation from the accuser.
And yet, despite these troubling

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reports, Golubsky retired in
2010 with a full pension and

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went on to work as a detective
for the Edwardsville Police

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Department.
But that didn't last long when

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questions arose about his
involvement in securing the

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conviction of Jesse McIntyre
Junior, which gained media

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attention thanks to rigorous
investigative reporting by the

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Star.
Eventually, Golubski left the

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Edwardsville department in
October 2016.

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His next job?
Security at Providence Medical

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Center in Kansas City, KS.
However, this too did not last

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long, as he was terminated from
his position without

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explanation.
When asked about it in a

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deposition, Gallupsky pleaded
the 5th Amendment, invoking his

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right to remain silent.
No surprise there.

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In November of 2023, five brave
women stepped forward to take on

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a corrupt system.
They sued the government for

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turning a blind eye to police
misconduct and allowing a

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predator to run rampant in
Kansas City.

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KS.
This ain't no small accusation.

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This is a statement.
These women say the unified

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government of Wyandotte County
and Kansas City let its officers

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terrorize, abuse, and violate
black residents without any

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consequences.
There's always two sides to

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every story, but you won't be
hearing from the government or

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Rodger Golovsky's lawyer anytime
soon.

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They're keeping their mouth shut
because they know what's coming.

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Feds say Golovsky framed black
citizens and preyed on black

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women and girls for years in
Kansas City.

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And he's not just facing one
indictment, but two sexual

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assault and kidnapping charges
that span from 1998 to 2002, and

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being part of a sex trafficking
ring involving underage girls

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from 1996 to 1998.
But don't worry, folks.

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He's innocent until proven
guilty, right?

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That's why he's chilling at home
on house arrest.

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No trial date set yet, though.
Out of those five fierce ladies,

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4 claimed Golevski assaulted
them in some way or another.

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One even says he raped her in
his unmarked cop car back in 92.

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And get this, When one of the
women said she was going to

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report him, what did Golubsky
have to say?

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Report me to who?
The police I am the police?

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Well, well, well.
Looks like this detective

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thought he was above the law.
But not anymore.

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Not if these women have anything
to say about it.

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