Kansas District Attorney Provides Disturbing Details on His Resignation from Trump’s Law Enforcement Commission

The G-Man Interviews: Mark A. Dupree
(Produced by Gary Glennell Toms)

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Mark A. Dupree, Sr., is the District Attorney of Wyandotte County, the 4th largest county in the State of Kansas. He was sworn into office on January 9th, 2017.

Mr. Dupree has practiced in a diversity of legal capacities. He clerked in Jackson County, Missouri, served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Jackson County, served as an Assistant Public Defender in Johnson County Public Defender’s Office, and he and his wife practiced in their firm, Dupree and Dupree, LLC – Attorneys at Law, until his swearing into office.

Mr. Dupree is an active member of his community and serves as the Senior Pastor and ordained Elder at his father’s church in Wyandotte County. He is a Governor on the Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors, served on the Kansas Legal Services Board of Directors, served as Committee Chairperson for the Wyandotte County Bar Association, and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

District Attorney Dupree, the first and only Black district attorney elected in the state, recently resigned from his position on President Trump’s law enforcement task force over concerns that the commission wouldn’t, quote, “acknowledge the systemic racism in our justice system.” In a letter submitted to Attorney General William Barr, Dupree stated that his enthusiasm about being part of the task force had been “replaced with disappointment and concern with a process that left too many important voices out and one that completely lacked transparency.”

D.A. Dupree is my special guest for this edition of The G-Man Interviews, and he’ll provide more detail on his resignation and what he believes the Biden administration can do to bridge the divide between the country’s police departments and communities of color.

Photo and bio source: The Office of District Attorney Mark. A. Dupree