Part 2: Numbers are boring. But in Detroit, they’re a matter of life and death
Myra Lanton and her family are the flesh and blood people behind Detroit’s crime statistics.
Part 1: Detroit dupes public with false police response times as 911 calls spike
Motor City Muckraker and Deadline Detroit collaborated on a series about Detroit’s declining police services. This is part 1.
Mayor Fouts mocks Santorum’s disabled child as a ‘mongoloid baby’ with ‘her tongue hanging out’
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts mocked the disabled daughter of former presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a “mongoloid baby” who’s “got her tongue hanging out the side and all kinds of shit.”
Detroit DJ Moodymann captures video of horrifying encounter with Highland Park cops
Detroit DJ Moodymann, a prominent figure in the Motor City’s techno and house music scene since the 1990s, posted video on his Instagram that shows Highland Park Police pointing rifles at him. Moodymann, whose real name is Kenny Dixon Jr., wrote in the caption that police surrounded his car in “MY BACKYARD” after claiming he […]
City records set ablaze in Detroit Fire Department’s old academy
An arsonist set fire to city records just a week after Motor City Muckraker revealed Detroit neglected tens of thousands of records in the fire department’s academy.
Detroit’s grinch: Overworked medics targeted for Christmas eve discipline
Detroit’s understaffed medics routinely risk their lives at crime scenes because police are unable to respond. They still don’t have ballistic vests after they were promised protection following brutal stabbings of two medics in October 2015.
Prosecutor returns police request to charge whistleblowing fire union chief – for now
The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday rejected a request by Detroit police to file criminal charges against firefighter union president Mike Nevin for disseminating “sensitive information to the public.”
More underground explosions or stolen manhole covers in Detroit? Anyone care?
A loud explosion rocked the Cass Corridor on Monday afternoon, about an hour after firefighters were called to investigate about a dozen missing manhole covers on the east side.
Biden hinted he’s running for president. Does Mayor Duggan still want to run his campaign?
Biden this week gave his best hint yet that he’s seriously considering running against Donald Trump for president, and limied polling shows that the 76-year-old is leading the pack of potential 2020 Democratic nominees
Ford joins scooter craze, Dems seize Oakland, firefighters miss victim: Your Thursday briefing
Ford buys electric scooter company Spin; Detroit firefighters found a dead dog and cat in a house, but not the man on the kitchen floor; and Oakland County Democrats seized control of the Board of Commissioners for the first time in a half century.