31 years ago today KCFD lost 6 brave men. We will never forget their service and sacrifice to this department and the city of Kansas City, Missouri. @KCMOFireDept #kcfd #kcmo pic.twitter.com/sGGnxthNTl
— KCFD (@KCMOFireDept) November 29, 2019
The Kansas City Firefighters Case and the Railroading of the Marlborough Five
J. Patrick O'Connor
On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the city’s firefighters. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick O’Connor, the facts—or a lack of them—didn’t add up. Justice on Fire is OConnor’s detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters’ deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. Available at KU Press and Amazon
