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.
A long tradition of taser abuse by police departments in Michigan continues with an incident in Lansing where an officer shot a suspect with a taser even though he had already been subdued and handcuffed by two fellow officers. Officer Ryan Smith has been suspended without pay by the Lansing Police Department for two weeks, according to the Lansing State Journal.
You can view the video of the incident along with an explanation from Lansing Police Chief Mark Alley of why the officer was suspended. It looks like the two week suspension may be the end of the matter:
After an investigation by Michigan State Police, the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office reviewed the incident and determined there was no criminal wrongdoing, the news release said.
The department’s Internal Affairs Unit investigated the incident and found that Smith “acted outside the (department’s) policies and procedures.”
The two-week suspension is the maximum penalty less than firing that may be issued to an officer, according to department policy.
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