Detroit police board members call for limits on minor stops after 2 shootings
Detroit police commissioners want to curb pretext traffic stops as the department defends them.
Detroit police oversight board on 2 recent shootings of men fleeing stops for obscured plate, plastic cups: “It’s profiling,” “stop-and-frisk,” “STRESS”-esque.
Ann Arbor has curbed stops for plate violations, damaged tail lights, etc. Can that happen here? My latest: www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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What Mary Sheffield delivered — and didn’t — for Detroit
Mayoral hopeful and council president Mary Sheffield's opponent has accused her of "failed leadership." Politicos call the criticism unwarranted.
In the Detroit mayor’s race, CP Sheffield is running on a “track record of delivering results for Detroiters” while Rev. Kinloch accuses her of “12 years of failed leadership.”
Here’s the truth:
16.10.2025 17:06 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Stopped for a curfew violation, shot by police: When nonviolent stops spiral in Detroit
At least 20% of Detroit police shootings in the past decade started with stops for nonviolent offenses and then foot chases, the Free Press found.
A hand in a pocket. A red solo cup. A teen out 7 minutes past curfew.
Detroit police jumped out on these males for minor reasons. Major violence followed. See what drives 20% of department shootings in my latest investigation & how one caused a family to flee the city. www.freep.com/story/news/i...
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all good ty anyway (first time logging on since)
16.09.2025 17:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
thanks very much, i tried to contextualize it better than i was able to in the on-deadline churn of stories i'd previously done on the topic for freep
02.07.2025 20:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
i don't know how to use this website aaron but I have logged on because i wonder if you can riddle me what is different about this new NAP case the city is calling unprecedented and the previously unprecedented slumlord suits it dropped without explanation
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