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.
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.
Heavily armed police used smoke bombs and tear gas t0 disperse crowds, arrested reporters and pointed rifles at crowds.
Don’t expect prosecutors to throw the book at three Grosse Pointe Woods teenagers who were caught on surveillance spray-painting two downtown Detroit buildings.
Police this morning were looking for a second suspect who was seen running north on Cass Avenue.
The father, in his mid-30s, was in critical condition after being shot in the back.
The unit is accused of improperly gaining search warrants for an untold number of houses and marijuana dispensaries, where money and drugs were seized and never logged.
An Australian photographer got a quick, bitter dose of Detroit and its police force.
Theodore Wafer was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Renisha McBride.
Detroit police have been quietly raiding cannabis dispensaries, but no charges have been filed in the cases.
In May, Detroit Police Chief James Craig inexplicably stopped releasing public information on daily shootings, murders and other violent crimes, making it appear as if the city was safer than it is.