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.
In a move that seems to come as a surprise to city leaders, Detroit Chief of Police Warren Evans submitted his resignation to Mayor Dave Bing this afternoon.
It’s not clear why the former Wayne County sheriff chose to leave the position he’s occupied for just one year but the Detroit Free Press notes the Evans has been criticized for allowing reality show television crews to accompany city police on a raid that resulted in the fatal shooting of 7-year old Aiyana Stanley-Jones.
Evans’ resignation comes two months after the fatal shooting of a 7-year old girl by Detroit police. Though Evans was out of the country at the time of the shooting, community activists pointed to the chief’s aggressive and military-style of policing.
An ongoing investigation by Michigan State Police is expected to examine both the circumstances of the shooting and the prior use of an incendiary device called a flash-bang grenade that police threw through a front window to create a distraction.
The chief was also criticized for allowing television crews with A & E’s “The First 48″ reality show to accompany the raid.Evans, who has a law degree and more than 20 years in law enforcement, replaced James Barren as chief last July. Evans had spent years as the sheriff of Wayne County at the time of his appointment.
The Associated Press reports that the family of Stanley-Jones is suing the Detroit police department in federal court and in Wayne County Circuit. The lawsuits claim that the police knew that they were children at home when they raided the house with guns drawn.
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