I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
WXYZ reports that nearly the entire vice squad from the Detroit Police Department has been suspended due to allegations of a whole range of official misconduct and corruption.
Sgt. Charles Turner was a leader of the squad that Deputy Chief James Tolbert admits has been suspended under suspicion of misconduct and we’ve learned it’s not just one incident but a pattern of alleged misconduct that dates back at least several years. We’re talking now about pretty much all of Detroit’s vice squad now yanked off the streets and their weapons taken away pending what could well be criminal charges against them. Initially the department disclosed they were benched for allegedly falsifying arrest records…
In the middle of last month, the squad arrested five people for prostitution, part of a three-county crackdown they called “Operation Ice Breaker.” The cops were all suspended when they signed arrest reports indicating they made the arrests along 8 Mile Road where they were assigned, when in fact they busted the five far from there, over here on the East Side near Harper and Chalmers
A follow up report from the station revealed allegations of false testimony offered by police officers and abusive behavior toward citizens while on the job. This very much bears watching. Other cities have seen large numbers of vice squad officers, particularly those involved in drug crimes, convicted of similar conduct and worse.
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