Locals now scared to go out in Midwest city's downtown after 8pm

Surging and a diminishing police presence has turned a City neighborhood into a hellhole, leaving locals afraid to step outside after dark.

Downtown Kansas City has become a hotspot for illegal street racing and reckless ATV and dirt bike riders tearing through the neighborhoods - chaos that escalated last month when a police officer was hit by an ATV,

Now, frustrated business owners and locals are weighing whether to abandon the downtown altogether, blaming city leadership and law enforcement for failing to curb the chaos and restore a sense of safety.

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