Former KCPD officer Danny Holmes’ discrimination suit in court today

We’re expecting a low- to medium-grade fuss at the Jackson County Courthouse today as a trial begins that pits a former Kansas City Police Department patrol officer against his former employers and the Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Police Commissioners.

For background, read our 2007 story, “The Cop Who Killed a Murder Case,” and the follow-up, “Murder Case is Killed Again.”

In 2008, Danny Holmes was fired from the KCPD in the aftermath of a bungled murder investigation, during which he claimed he was instructed by his superiors to fill out faulty reports. He was fired, but his partner, Shawn Hamre, was not.