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Detroit promotes peace with free ‘Peacenic’ festival this weekend

The event is described as a “collective gathering of the community and law enforcement to share in food, fellowship and fun in the name of peace'

By Steve Neavling
Jul 11, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Things to Do, Detroit, Detroit police, Law enforcement, event, Peacenic, crime, games, Detroit Parks and Recreation, Heilmann Recreation Center
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Detroit City Council approves controversial $7M expansion of ShotSpotter despite fierce opposition

Critics say the technology is unproven, invasive, and racially discriminatory

By Steve Neavling
Oct 11, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, ShotSpotter, Detroit, Detroit City Council, surveillance, technology, Detroit Police Department, crime
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Opinion: Detroit is at a crossroads about safety and surveillance, City Council must choose the right path

ShotSpotter will not solve gun violence

By Rae Baker and Peter Blackmer
Oct 3, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Views & Opinions, ShotSpotter, Detroit, crime, Detroit Police, gun violence, surveillance
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Detroit councilman slams colleagues for postponing vote on ShotSpotter technology

Most council members said they oppose using more than $7 million in COVID relief funds to pay for the expansion of the surveillance technology

By Steve Neavling
Sep 27, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit City Council, ShotSpotter, surveillance, crime, guns, Mayor Duggan
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Opinion: ShotSpotter profits off fears of gun violence

Every Detroiter deserves to feel safe. But this charade of security theater is not the way to do it.

By Rebecca Smith
Sep 25, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Views & Opinions, ShotSpotter, Detroit, police, crime, guns
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Detroit man exonerated of manslaughter after judge cites detective's history of misconduct

Investigator ‘has a history of falsifying confessions and lying under oath,’ judge says

By Steve Neavling
Aug 5, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Mark Craighead, Michigan Innocence Clinic, Exoneration, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, crime, murder, Wayne County Circuit Court, Judge Shannon Walker
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Oxford is far from Detroit, but shooter suspect’s parents show how the two are connected

By Lee DeVito
Dec 5, 2021

Tags: Oxford, Detroit, Ethan Crumbley, James Crumbley, Jennifer Crumbley, crime
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High crime and police brutality give Detroiters conflicting attitudes about law enforcement, survey shows

By Steve Neavling
Sep 23, 2021

Tags: Detroit, Detroit police, racism, survey, University of Michigan, Detroit Metro Area Communities Study, crime, police
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Michigan has one of the largest populations of women serving life without parole in the U.S., new report finds

By Jerilyn Jordan
Sep 22, 2021

Tags: News Hits, The Sentencing Project, incarceration, women of color, Huron Valley Women's Correctional Facility, Michigan prisons, crime, Michigan
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Duggan selects James White as the next Detroit police chief

By Steve Neavling
Aug 23, 2021

Tags: James White, James Craig, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, police, crime, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
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Entertainment and incarceration in Greektown, downtown Detroit’s wildest district

By Sean Taormina
Aug 18, 2021

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Detroit, Greektown, police, Detroit Police Department, crime, COVID-19, coronavirus, Project Green Light, I'm in Greektown Area, Cover Story
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Lansing woman convicted of stealing trade secrets while working at Coca-Cola to start Chinese company

By Lee DeVito
Apr 23, 2021

Tags: Lansing, crime, Coca-Cola
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Michigan Senate passes sweeping criminal justice reform bills

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Dec 11, 2020

Tags: License, Bill, Crime, Criminal Law, Law, Economics, Suspension, Criminal Justice, Offender, Michigan, Politics
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Detroit City Council renews contract for racially biased facial recognition surveillance software

By Steve Neavling
Sep 29, 2020

Tags: Facial Recognition Technology, Tawana Perry, Detroit, Detroit Police, Detroit City Council, Councilman Tate, Councilwoman Castañeda-López, police, crime
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Masturbating sheriff's deputy in Michigan repeatedly exposed himself to a woman, AG alleges

By Steve Neavling
Aug 14, 2020

Tags: Indecent exposure, Michigan, Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Huron County, Huron County Sheriff's Office, court, crime, police
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Rep. Tlaib-backed amendment would cut funding for influx of federal agents in Detroit, other cities

By Steve Neavling
Jul 31, 2020

Tags: Rep. Tlaib, Democrats, U.S. House, Operation Legend, federal agents, DEA, ATF, Justice Department, police, crime, guns, FBI
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Michigan breathalyzer technicians charged with falsifying documents

By Steve Neavling
May 22, 2020

Tags: Breathalyzers, drunken driving, Attorney General, Dana Nessel, fraud, Intoximeter, court, crime
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More Detroiters have died from coronavirus than have been killed in two years of homicides

By Steve Neavling
Apr 16, 2020

Tags: Murder, crime, police, Mayor Duggan, coronavirus, deaths, infections, COVID-19, Chief Craig, Detroit police, Michigan
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Wayne County Judge David Parrott charged with assaulting his girlfriend

By Steve Neavling
Feb 10, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Judge, Romulus, Wayne County, 34th District Court, David Parrott, domestic assault, violence, crime
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Audio: Warren Mayor Fouts allegedly complains about Black people calling 911, committing crimes

By Steve Neavling
Dec 30, 2019

Tags: News Hits, Mayor Fouts, Warren, racism, Michigan, audio recording, 911, crime