A Detroit cop has been suspended over “zoo animals” comment; a demo worker called Detroit employees the N-word; and firefighters and police are getting infested with bedbugs.
A rookie Detroit cop is under investigation after “zoo animals” comment on Snapchat.
Your Friday morning briefing: Mayor Fouts was asked under oath if he was the offensive voice behind recordings first published by Motor City Muckraker. The Heidelberg Project has new plans. Detroit police get into the towing business. And gubernatorial candidate Bill Schuette gets the cold shoulder from some fellow Republicans.
Your Wednesday morning briefing: Warren Mayor Fouts wants emergency declared over traffic snarls; a Michigan man charged with a misdemeanor is jailed on a whopping $2 million bond; and the founder of the Michigan Opera Theatre dies.
New you’re waking up to: How the stabbing death of a classmate in Warren could have been prevented; judge orders halts the closure of nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries across the state; and “White Boy Rick” debuts amid criticism.
The two-pronged investigation involves city of Detroit officials and demolition contractors.
The firefighter’s car was missing, and his home was ransacked.
The officer, who is a new father, was clinging to life early Thursday morning at a local hospital, where he was undergoing surgery.
Just days after Mayor Duggan and Police Chief James Craig boasted about a reduction in crime in 2017, violence broke out Sunday.
A heart was among at least three other suspected organs found at Detroit’s wastewater treatment plant in the past two weeks.