Charlie LeDuff fends off attack in Ferguson to illuminate tensions
While many reporters stayed inside a media-safe zone, LeDuff dodged bottles and fended off an attacker to capture one of the most authentic moments of the protests.
Detroit police arrest 5 more graffiti vandals in continued crackdown
The alleged vandals belong to a group known as TCK Crew, which has vandalized buildings throughout the city.
Popular Detroit artist defaces tribute to Asian American icon Vincent Chin
Vandals defaced beautiful murals at the Grand River Creative Corridor for the first time in its three years of existence.
Rafael Statin Quintet impressed Detroit jazz cats at Cliff Bells
The Rafael Statin Quintet reeled their solos off as if the scales were tattooed on their fingers.
Lens on Detroit: Hundreds rally downtown to honor Michael Brown, others
Hundreds of people gathered at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit to pay tribute to Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was shot to death by police near St. Louis.
City of Detroit demands up to $42,000 to produce public EMS records
Our request for three months of records, the city maintained, would disable emergency communications and take more than a year to fulfill.
Powerful images show clash between zealous police, protesters in Ferguson
Heavily armed police used smoke bombs and tear gas t0 disperse crowds, arrested reporters and pointed rifles at crowds.
Scene of ugly car crash to remain untouched for up to month in Detroit
The west-side building is owned by the city, which isn’t as quick to take action in some neighborhoods.
Car accident, collapsed building left untouched by city of Detroit for days
On Detroit’s west side, just six blocks from where the 1967 riot broke out, a battered car is wedged into the corner of a partially collapsed two-story commercial building on Linwood, buried by piles of bricks and concrete.
Flooding submerges dozens of cars, closes highways, impedes firefighters in Detroit
The flooding was so rampant that Detroit firefighters and police were sometimes unable to reach emergencies.