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Eastpointe agrees to unique settlement after ex-mayor’s public meeting outburst
After Mayor Monique Owens refused to let residents criticize her during a meeting, the city will create a “First Amendment Day,” among other things
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Eastpointe, Monique Owens, mayor, First Amendment, free speech, city council, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, lawsuit
Two Detroit cops used excessive force when they killed a Black man in 2018, jury finds
The fatal shooting prompted the police union to award the cops as “District Officers of the Year”
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Lamont Johnson, Tyler Nagy, Raul Martinez, lawsuit, police brutality, lawsuit, shooting, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, excessive force
Flint funeral home goes quiet after judge orders release of Councilman Mays’s body
A hearse rolled up to the Flint funeral home to pick up the body, but no one was there
Tags: Michigan, News, Eric Mays, Flint City Council, Flint, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays, Sheldon Neeley, lawsuit, health insurance
Son of late Flint Councilman Mays alleges ‘cruel act of retaliation’ in lawsuit against city
Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays alleges the vengeful city is withholding his father’s insurance information
Legal battle halts funeral plans for late Flint Councilman Eric Mays
The lawsuit alleges a funeral home is holding Mays’s body ‘hostage’
Tags: Michigan, News, Flint, Flint City Council, Eric Mays, funeral, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, Genesee County Circuit Court, lawsuit, Lento Law Group
Body of late Flint Councilman Eric Mays is being held ‘hostage’ by funeral home, lawsuit alleges
Mays’s four siblings are also accused of conspiring to profit from the popular official’s death
Outspoken Flint Councilman and TikTok sensation Eric Mays dies
The 65-year-old is known for his outbursts and passionate support of residents during the Flint water crisis
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint Water Crisis, Obituary, Eric Mays, Flint, Flint City Council, TikTok, Sam Riddle, politics, obit
Flint mayor Neeley warns Democrats of Black voter exodus
Polls show an increasing number of Black voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Sam Riddle, National Action Network, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Party, President Biden, Donald Trump, election, politics
Election committee gives green light to recall of Highland Park mayor over skyrocketing water bills
‘Her days as mayor are numbered,’ activist Robert Davis says of Mayor Glenda McDonald
Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Highland Park, recall, election, politics, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, Great Lakes Water authority, utility bills, water
Blood or pizza sauce? Charlie LeDuff’s version of 2009 arrest contradicted by police report
Last month’s incident wasn’t the first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was accused of domestic violence
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Media, Charlie LeDuff, domestic violence, police, Oakland County District Court, Detroit: An American Autopsy, journalism, reporter, Pleasant Ridge
U.S. Rep. Kildee won’t run for reelection, leaving an opening for Republicans
The Flint Democrat said his cancer scare earlier this year made him change his priorities
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint, Genesee County, Dan Kildee, U.S. House, Congress, politics, election, Democrats, Michigan
Detroit cop who knocked elderly man unconscious was combative and failed to render first aid, witness says
The witness painted a different picture of the encounter compared to the official police account
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Garden Bowl, Detroit, Midtown, Detroit Police Department, police, assault, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
Wayne County warns of contaminated waterways following powerful storms
Rivers and lakes could be contaminated with partially treated sewage and stormwater
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Nature, River Rouge, Wayne County, state of emergency, public health advisory, rivers, water, thunderstorm, Warren Evans
Arrest and surveillance of Detroit activist raises questions about police conduct
Peatmoss is accused of defacing a controversial statue of General Custer in Monroe
Tags: Michigan News, News, Crime, General George Armstrong Cluster, protest, police, Monroe, Cop City, surveillance, GPS tackers, Detroit
Ex-Detroit cop charged with kidnapping and raping a relative
A manhunt for the retired sergeant ended with his capture out of state
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Detroit Police Department, police, Detroit, sergeant, rape, criminal sexual conduct, incest, Romulus, James Everett Sharpe Jr.
Alarming racial disparity found in Ferndale arrests and traffic tickets – again
An advocacy group is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate ‘predatory policing’ in the suburb
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Council on American-Islamic Relations, racial profiling, Ferndale, Detroit, 8 Mile, Muslims, traffic stops, police, racism
Elderly vet sues Madison Heights police for brutal attack after he offered children ice cream
The 74-year-old man’s injuries were so severe that he had to have surgery
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Civil rights lawsuit, lawsuit, Jon Marko, Madison Heights, Madison Heights Police Department, police, police brutality, Fourth Amendment
Detroit police arrest pregnant Black woman after false facial recognition match
The faulty Project Green Light surveillance network has led to at least three false arrests
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Porcha Woodruff, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, facial recognition technology, racism, police, lawsuit, U.S. District Court
Michigan still allows emergency takeovers of local governments. Is it finally time to reconsider this drastic measure?
Under emergency management, Flint faced problems that turned catastrophic while Detroit charted a new course. That mixed record and stark racial disparities have prompted calls for change.
By Anna Clark, ProPublica
Tags: Michigan News, News, Emergency management, Detroit, Flint, ProPublica, Michigan, Rick Snyder, Lansing
Highland Park’s financial hardships are focus of town hall meeting
Residents are on edge as the city faces the prospect of bankruptcy
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Highland Park, town hall, Nandi's Knowledge Cafe, O.N.E. Highland Park Community Organization, marijuana, budget, water, Great Lakes Water Authority
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Side Hustle Lounge opens in downtown Detroit just in time for the NFL Draft
By Layla McMurtrie
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley
By Lee DeVito