Like any good journalism student, Makkel Richards pulled out his cell phone and began recording Detroit Police forcefully arresting a man with a bloody face at Grand Circus Park.
Aiyana was trending on Twitter this weekend, prompting planned protests in Philadelphia today and Harlem on Monday.
A Wayne County assistant prosecutor resigned today after coming under heavy criticism for a social media post that suggested police should shoot Baltimore protesters.
Her boss, Kym Worthy, is defending her assistant prosecutor.
This popular chant summarizes the way a lot of people feel: “We’re fired up, won’t take it no more!”
Protesters said they’re just getting started.
Up close: 19 photos and videos of hundreds of protesters marching through one of Midtown’s busiest festivals.
After a poignant gathering at Campus Martius, demonstrators blocked Woodward as they marched north to Wayne State University.
A deputy told a 25-year-old black man
that he looked suspicious for walking with his hands in his pockets on a chilly day.
The beautiful Romanesque Revival home is just three blocks east of the Detroit Institute of Arts.