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Macomb County tackles hate crimes with beefed-up prosecutor’s unit
Prosecutor Lucido pledges ‘commitment to confronting intolerance and bigotry’
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Civil Rights, Government, Crime, Peter Lucido, Macomb County, Macomb County Prosecutors Office, racism, ethnic intimidation, hate crimes, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program, Patrick Coletta
In ‘Origin,’ Ava DuVernay turns Isabel Wilkerson’s exploration of racism, ‘Caste,’ into a gripping feature film
Here is a rare and excellent thing — a major dramatic feature about a Black woman intellectual
By Chuck Wilson
Tags: Movies, Views & Opinions, Ava DuVernay, racism, Isabel Wilkerson, Video
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
Students, parents outraged by dismissal of beloved teacher in Livonia Public Schools
Mama J. believes race was a factor in her dismissal
Tags: Metro Detroit, Education, News, Government, Teacher, substitute teacher, Livonia Public Schools, racism, Mama J., Juanita Francis, diversity
Black family sues Grosse Pointe man who displayed KKK flag outside their home
The federal lawsuit alleges Ryan Wilde relentlessly terrorized the family
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, racism, KKK, Grosse Pointe Park, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Je Donna Dinges, Ryan Wilde, intimidation
Growing neofascist group spreads hate in metro Detroit, trains to become ‘white warriors’
The Great Lakes Active Club has been noticeably active as its members continue to recruit white supremacists
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Active clubs, Great Lakes Active Club, racism, hate group, Telegram, social media, Detroit, Michigan, Southern Poverty Law Center, Counter Extremism Project
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
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
Muslim advocacy group calls for boycott of Michigan cider mill over Islamophobic remarks
‘I’m getting sick of you folks,’ the cider mill owner told a Muslim family
Tags: Michigan News, News, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islam, Muslims, Monroe County, Racism, cider mill, orchard, Erie Orchards & Cider Mill
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
White millionaire abruptly pulls plug on predominantly Black talk radio station 910AM
Owner Kevin Adell was accused of running the Detroit-area station into the ground with a series of missteps, controversies, and heavy-handed tactics
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Media, 910AM Superstation, 910AM, radio station, black radio, Kevin Adell, Southfield, Sam Riddle, radio hosts, racism
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
Detroit activist Malik Shabazz to undergo permanent heart pump transplant
He’s still in critical condition after he had a heart attack on June 26
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Malik Shabazz, Detroit, Activism, racism, heart attack, Henry Ford Hospital, Sam Riddle, New Black Panther Party/New Marcus Garvey Movement
Livonia police criticized for response to racist attack on Black teen
An adult severely assaulted a 13-year-old Black child while yelling racial slurs
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Livonia, Livonia Police Department, Assault, racism, Facebook, social media, police
WJR unveils ‘next generation’ of radio hosts: old white men
AM radio has become a hub for right-wing radio shows
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Media, WJR, radio station, radio, AM, diversity, racism, Paul W. Smith, Tom Jordan, Kevin Dietz, Guy Gordon, Mitch Album, Chris Renwick, Karen Dumas
Tlaib joins fight for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans
The Detroit Democrat joined U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in urging their colleagues to help atone for the practice of slavery and hundreds of years of racist policies
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, reparations, racism, Washington D.C., Reparations Now Resolution, Democrats
While most Detroiters support reparations, a majority of white residents do not
Support for reparations in Detroit is linked to perceptions about racism’s ongoing impact
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Reparations, racism, Detroit, University of Michigan, survey
‘People hate me,’ MSU shooter wrote in letter released by police
A sexually frustrated ‘outcast,’ Anthony McRae complained that no one liked him
Tags: Michigan News, News, Anthony McRae, Michigan State University, guns, mass shooting, police
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening
By Lee DeVito
Michigan communities are raking in benefits of legalized weed