Kansas City needed a new police station & crime lab in a historically black neighborhood.
3 Reasons why property owners opposed eminent domain for an otherwise nobel purpose:
- The residents were restoring their historic homes & felt blindsided
- Eminent domain is a scary process for property owners
- Previous eminent domain projects had promised economic prosperity for the area & that never came to fruition
Know your opposition, like you know yourself.
The Atlantic | Photographing the Heartbreaking Consequences of Eminent Domain