Hero or criminal? Detroit cops target videographer who thwarted arsonist with citizen’s arrest
Detroit arson investigators raided the home of a popular fire videographer after he made a citizen’s arrest on a woman lighting a furniture store on fire.
Suspected serial arsonist targets numerous homes on Detroit’s east side
A serial arsonist appears to be responsible for setting fire to as many as dozens of vacant houses on Detroit’s east side over the past month, brazenly targeting multiple homes at a time.
World-famous Kronk Gym destroyed by suspicious fire in Detroit
Kronk Gym was a world-renowned boxing powerhouse in Detroit that produced more than 30 world champions, most notably Tommy Hearns.
White Detroit firefighter terminated for ‘racially insensitive’ watermelon gift
A probationary Detroit firefighter was terminated for wrapping a pink bow on a watermelon and giving it to a predominately black fire station as a gift.
Gov. Snyder faces mounting pressure to fire state police boss over tirade
The state police boss is hanging onto her job – for now – after an insult-laced tirade against predominately black NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.
State police director: National anthem demonstrators are ‘anti-American degenerates’
NFL players who are participating in the national anthem demonstrations over racial inequality are “ungrateful, anti-American degenerates,” the director of the Michigan State Police said on social media.
Protesters demand justice for death of tasered 15-year-old in Detroit
The state trooper who used the Taser was suspended for violating protocol.
After battling two consecutive blazes, Detroit firefighter dies of heart attack
Beloved firefighter Kevin Ramsey died after fighting a fire in a vacant apartment and then a store on Detroit’s east side.
Suspicious blaze rips through Eastern Market warehouse
Workers on forklifts were still in the building when the fire broke out.
Detroit firefighters overwhelmed by nearly 30 blazes on Fourth of July
Many of the fires spread to adjacent structures, and at least two rigs broke down.