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Detroit police captain with checkered past suspended after allegedly choking his wife

Scott Hall was promoted despite having racked up 56 civilian complaints

By Steve Neavling
Jan 12, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, Government, News, Scott Hall, police captain, Detroit police, domestic violence, Detroit, Willie Burton, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Beverly Hills, Birmingham, alcohol
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Tamara Greene’s daughter claims police killed her mother because of Kwame Kilpatrick affair

Ashly Jackson revived the unsolved mystery in a viral TikTok video

By Steve Neavling
Jan 5, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Tamara Greene, Kwame Kilpatrick, stripper, Manoogian Mansion, social media, TikTok, Ashly Jackson, Detroit police
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Detroit police say they have Samantha Woll murder suspect in custody

The synagogue leader was stabbed to death amid the Israel-Hamas war, but DPD has said it was not believed to be a hate crime

By Lee DeVito
Nov 8, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, News, Samatha Woll, Israel-Hamas war, Detroit Police
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Detroit settles lawsuit alleging Islamophobic cops falsely arrest 3 Muslim men

One of the officers said, ‘Muslims lie a lot,’ and ‘Muslim men are pedophiles,’ according to the suit

By Steve Neavling
Sep 26, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Crime, News, Council on American Islamic Relations, Detroit, Detroit police, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Islamophobe, Islam, Muslims, michigan
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Ex-Detroit police commissioner lied about paying prostitute $10 for sex

What Bryan Ferguson told police differs greatly from what he told the public

By Lee DeVito
Jul 20, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Crime, Views & Opinions, Detroit Police Commissioner, Detroit police, Bryan Ferguson
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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 Council President Sheffield to advocate duty-to-intervene ordinance following Tyre Nichols death

Cariol’s Law obligate officers to stop police brutality

By Steve Neavling
Feb 3, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Cariol's Law, Detroit City Council, Detroit police, Detroit, Mary Sheffield, police brutality
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Knock, knock? Detroit CVS door repair makes a confounding sight

‘Where’s the doorbell?’ one customer quipped

By Steve Neavling
Jan 20, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, CVS, Detroit, robbery, break-in, Detroit police
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Black Detroit cop wins racial-bias lawsuit against city after his arrest and suspension

Officer Johnny Strickland, a Detroit native, said he was was handcuffed and harassed by white cops

By Steve Neavling
Dec 7, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit police, ACLU of Michigan, excessive force, lawsuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District, Johnny Strickland
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Lawsuit seeks to shoot down Detroit’s contracts with ShotSpotter surveillance tech

Lawyers argue that the city violated its own ordinance by failing to be transparent

By Steve Neavling
Nov 30, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, ShotSpotter, Detroit, Detroit Police, surveillance technology, Detroit Justice Center, Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, Schulz Law PLC, Civilian Input Over Government Surveillance Ordinance
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Prosecutor won’t charge Detroit cops who shot Porter Burks 19 times

Burks was experiencing a mental health crisis when he lunged at police with a knife

By Steve Neavling
Nov 23, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit police, police, shooting, mental health, Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, Chief White
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Another crooked Detroit cop convicted in bribery scandal involving tow trucks

So far, the investigation has led to criminal charges against a former councilman and at least five cops

By Steve Neavling
Oct 21, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit police, corruption, Operation Northern Hook, towing companies, Daniel Vickers, bribery, FBI, U.S. Attorney's office
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Detroit to pay more than $1M over police brutality lawsuit after bloody summer of protests

Protesters were beaten and pepper-sprayed during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd

By Steve Neavling
Oct 13, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit Will Breathe, police brutality, lawsuit, Jack Schulz, Detroit police, police, Detroit
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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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ShotSpotter surveillance tech sought by Detroit police is unreliable, invasive, and discriminatory, critics say

Detroit wants to use COVID-19 relief funds on a controversial gunshot detection system

By Steve Neavling
Sep 23, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit police, shotspotter, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Tristan Taylor, Kamau Clark, racism, police
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Detroit cop’s suspension for posting porn online is ‘sexist and dramatically puritan,’ activist says

Officer Janelle Zielinski resigned from the force after her superiors discovered an OnlyFans account where she was posting porn

By Steve Neavling
Sep 15, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit police, Janelle Zielinski, Instagram, social media, OnlyFans, pornography
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Detroit awards $7.5 million to man who says police framed him for murder he didn’t commit

In the past year, Detroit has shelled out nearly $25 million to settle three wrongful conviction lawsuits

By Steve Neavling
Jul 14, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit police, wrongful conviction, Innocence Project, Detroit City Council, murder, guns, Desmond Ricks
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Retired Detroit cop gets 15 months in prison for accepting bribes

Alonzo Jones is the second public official to be jailed as part of a broadening FBI probe

By Steve Neavling
Jun 15, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Detroit, Detroit Police, Operation Northern Hook, FBI, corruption, bribery, Alonzo Jones
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Indigenous sugarbush organizers call for restorative justice with police who raided their ceremony in Detroit

Two months later the native community is still waiting for Detroit police to be held accountable

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 12, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Detroit, sugarbush, Indigenous, police, DPD, Detroit Police
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Detroit police commander under investigation for helping get cop’s ex-wife arrested for non-existent crime

By Steve Neavling
Mar 11, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Detroit, Detroit police, police, commander, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Brownstown Police