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Detroit offers to settle lawsuits with anti-police brutality protesters for $1.3M
Detroit police are accused of using excessive force to break up peaceful demonstrations
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Detroit Will Breathe, Black Lives matter, police brutality, Lawsuit, Chuck Raimi, Detroit, Detroit City Council, George Floyd
Michigan man accused of threatening BLM supporters at Starbucks, leaving nooses for protesters
A retired optometrist even threatened to ‘lynch’ a Black person, the DOJ said
Tags: Michigan News, Hate crimes, Saginaw, Michigan, Black Lives Matter, protests, George Floyd, Kenneth Pilon, Starbucks, Justice Department
Charges dropped against Detroit cop accused of shooting journalists with rubber bullets
Tags: Detroit, Detroit police, Daniel Debono, protest, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, George Floyd
Michigan lawmakers finally take up police reform bills a year after George Floyd's death
Tags: Police, Michigan, Jeremy Moss, Stephanie Chang, Lansing, State Senate, excessive force, George Floyd, chokeholds
After George Floyd’s death, Michigan took little action on police reform
Tags: Police, police reform, Lansing, State House, State Senate, Gov. Whitmer, George Floyd, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, Sen. Irwin, Michigan Democratic Party
Why isn't Detroit, the nation's Blackest big city, ready for criminal justice reform?
By Tom Perkins
Tags: Local News, Detroit Will Breathe, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit Police Deparatment, Chief James Craig, Cover Story
Michigan Senate Democrats introduce package of police reform bills
Tags: Michigan, State Senate, Democrats, police reform, police, 911, legislation, Sen. Chang, Sen. Weiss, Sen. Santana, Sen. Bullock, Sen. Ananich, George Floyd, protests, Lansing
Federal lawsuit accuses Detroit police of using excessive, brutal force against peaceful protesters
Tags: Detroit Will Breathe, protest, protesters, George Floyd, Mayor Duggan, Chief Craig, Detroit police, police, Detroit, lawsuit, Nakia Wallace
Detroit police accused of 'severely' beating a legal observer, pepper-spraying 2 others at protest
Tags: Legal observers, protest, Detroit, Woodward, Detroit Police, Chief Craig, arrests, injuries, George Floyd, federal agents, National National Lawyers Guild
Detroit police now have a duty to intervene when officers use excessive force
Tags: Duty to intervene, use of force, police, Detroit police, Chief Craig, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Gov. Whitmer, George Floyd
Detroit police corporal charged with assaulting 3 photojournalists with rubber pellets during protest
Tags: Rubber pellets, Detroit, Detroit police, protests, George Floyd, police brutality, Chief Craig, curfew, journalists
Rep. Tlaib supports BREATHE Act, includes defunding police, reparations, universal basic income
By Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, Rashida Tlaib, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, police reform
Friends of George Floyd to speak at Kalamazoo's Black Lives Matter protest, including former NBA player
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: News Hits, George Floyd, Kalamazoo, Cornelius Fredricks, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Breonna Taylor
Detroit City Council considers resolution to dismiss charges against peaceful protesters
Tags: Mayor Duggan, Detroit, protests, George Floyd, Council President Jones, Brenda Jones
Michigan lawmakers denounce police violence against reporters during protests in Detroit
Tags: Journalism, Reporters, MLive, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Michigan Press Association, U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, George Floyd, protesters, Legislature, Lansing, Rep. Manoogian, Sen. Moss
Republicans resist meaningful police reforms in aftermath of George Floyd's death
Tags: Police, Michigan, Washington D.C., Lansing, police misconduct, George Floyd, protest, Bills, legislation, Attorney General. Gov. Whitmer, Dana Nessel, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
What does it mean to defund the police in Detroit, one of the most violent cities in the U.S.?
Tags: Local News, defund the police, Detroit, James Craig, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, Cover Story
Plenty of Detroiters welcome 'outside agitators' in Black Lives Matter march
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Detroit, 12th and Clairmount, George Floyd, Mike Duggan, James Craig
Duggan says curfew to remain in effect while police assess the safety of protests
Tags: Chief Craig, Detroit, Detroit police, Mayor Duggan, police, rally, George Floyd, protest
Tennessee woman charged with possessing a Taser without a permit at Detroit protest
Tags: Detroit, protest, rally, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, police, Detroit police, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, taser, courts
Michigan’s ‘Bikers, Buds, & Brews’ taps Marcy Playground and Soul Asylum
Detroit illegally inflated taxes on lowest value homes, study suggests
Detroit’s ‘NSFW’ art and music exhibit is not what you think
By Randiah Camille Green