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.
Murders, shootings increase in Detroit in first quarter of 2017
It has been a violent start to 2017 in Detroit.
Photos: Detroit cops arrest 6 protesters during Black Lives Matter rally
Protesters gathered to mark the anniversary of the 2010 fatal shooting of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, who was killed by a cop in a raid at her family’s east side home.
Police Chief Craig reverses decision to stop releasing violent crime reports
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.
Violence breaks out in Detroit neighborhoods while downtown safe for fireworks
While a bulk of police resources were downtown, officers were called to at least three shootings, seven home invasions, three armed robberies, four arsons, a rape and numerous domestic assaults.
Stabbings? Shootings? Detroit police stop reporting violent crimes to media, public
New Police Chief James Craig is immune from public pressure and accountability because he was selected by state-appointed Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.
Analysis: At least 75 shot, 17 murdered in Detroit in January
The good news? Shootings dropped 25% from January 2013.
‘Operation Mistletoe:’ Police hope to net 100+ arrests in Detroit raid
It was Detroit’s third large raid since an east-side sweep on Nov. 15.
More than 170 shot in Detroit in bloody August; 30 dead
With roughly 215 murders so far this year, the city is on pace to eclipse homicides in each of the past three years.