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Home»Posts tagged with»Scandal

Records: 4 firefighters collected abundant overtime they didn’t work

By Steve Neavling on November 12, 2015   Fire, Headline  

Records: 4 firefighters collected abundant overtime they didn’t work

Just days after we requested overtime records, Detroit launched a fraud investigation into the scheme.

5 Grosse Pointe Park cops suspended in wake of video scandal

By Steve Neavling on November 27, 2013   Headline, posts  

5 Grosse Pointe Park cops suspended in wake of video scandal

But Grosse Pointe Park police won’t divulge the lengths of the suspensions.

Grosse Pointe officer admits to taking humiliating videos of mentally ill man

By Steve Neavling on November 22, 2013   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts  

Grosse Pointe officer admits to taking humiliating videos of mentally ill man

Grosse Pointe Park officials also are taking preventive measures to avoid a similar scandal.

‘We’re all family,’ says victim of humiliating videos by Grosse Pointe cops

By Steve Neavling & Ryan Healy on November 20, 2013   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts  

‘We’re all family,’ says victim of humiliating videos by Grosse Pointe cops

“People in their hearts, they’re hurt,” Grosse Pointe Park spokesman Greg Bowens said of the videos.

Protesters to gather in Grosse Pointe over cops taking racist videos

By Steve Neavling on November 19, 2013   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts  

Protesters to gather in Grosse Pointe over cops taking racist videos

“If we don’t show up in force and demand that this type of behavior should not be tolerated, we might as well rewind the clock to the 1950s,” Daryl Brown said.

Grosse Pointe cops demean mentally ill man on camera (video)

By Steve Neavling on November 18, 2013   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts  

Grosse Pointe cops demean mentally ill man on camera (video)

The videos are now the subject of an internal police investigation.

Exclusive: Grosse Pointe police film, humiliate black man

By Steve Neavling on November 14, 2013   Crime & Fire, Headline, Investigations, Police, posts  

Exclusive: Grosse Pointe police film, humiliate black man

Most of the videos are shot from squad cars while African American men are told to sing or dance.

Don’t let me be misunderstood: On Christine Beatty’s ‘Essence’ interview

By Tracey Morris on October 13, 2013   Headline, Life in Detroit, posts  

Don’t let me be misunderstood: On Christine Beatty’s ‘Essence’ interview

“Siri,” I asked my phone when I pulled up to a red light. “Have you read Ms. Beatty’s story already? These song choices just seem too coincidental.”

Analysis: How Council President Pugh fell from grace

By Steve Neavling on June 27, 2013   City Council, City Government, Government, Headline, posts  

Analysis: How Council President Pugh fell from grace

A man of two sides, Pugh can be charming, temperamental, progressive, juvenile.

Detroit cops accused of providing security, limo service at upscale sex club

By Steve Neavling on November 14, 2012   Crime & Fire, Police, posts  

Detroit cops accused of providing security, limo service at upscale sex club

Police not only knew about the club; they may have provided security and limos for the upscale clientele who attended the swingers club while still on-duty, local authorities told the Motor City Muckraker this morning.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

Steve Neavling & Ryan Healy

Tracey Morris

Tracey Morris is the author of, "You Said You Wanted to See Me Naked: An Autobiographical Poem Cycle." Her work has recently been published by Rust Belt Chic Press, and she was a finalist in the 2013 Springfed Arts Writing Contest.

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