A former Detroit police officer is facing two lawsuits for alleged misconduct and abuse that was “racially motivated.”According to NBC News, two Black women filed two separate actions in Wayne County Circuit Court against, former officer Gary Steele. The suit further states that when officers arrived, Murriel told them that she “legally owned a firearm” and complied with officers. …
Detroit Police Chief James Craig initially said the officer who struck a man at least four times, including once in the face, with his baton during a violent arrest at Meijer in Detroit Oct. 8 was justified. “Our findings are somewhat different than when I first reported this matter,” Craig said Monday. Craig now feels the officer should have taken steps to deescalate the situation before …
Got a neat photo you want to post on Instagram? Can’t wait to share a joke about someone on your Facebook page? Angry over a botched brake job and anxious to spout off about it? You might want to think twice before you post. Just ask Jahmel Binion, the local man who sued NBA great Shaquille O’Neal three years ago for mocking his rare medical condition, ectodermal dysplasia, in an online post. “I was just shocked,” Binion, 26, said about the posting, which included …
A major class action lawsuit filed by Flint, Mich., residents over how the state handles changes in the city’s water that led to the lead-contamination crisis was dismissed by a federal judge Thursday. The Detroit News reports that U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the case brought by Flint activist and resident Melissa Mays and several other Flint families because “allowing …
The city of Detroit is siding with seven Detroit public schoolchildren suing Gov. Rick Snyder and state education officials over their right to access literacy. On Thursday, attorneys for the city filed an amicus brief in a proposed class action lawsuit against Snyder and state education officials that is being touted as an unprecedented attempt to establish that literacy is a U.S. constitutional right. …
The City of Detroit is weighing in on a high-profile literacy lawsuit that accuses state officials of denying Detroit students access to literacy. Eli Savit, an attorney representing the city, filed an amicus brief today in U.S. District Court in Detroit that argues access to literacy is a fundamental right. It asks Judge Stephen J. Murphy III to shoot down the state’s request to dismiss the case. “The city of Detroit (though it does not control Detroit’s schools) is all too familiar with …
There was movement Thursday on two federal lawsuits filed over poor learning conditions in Detroit schools. The American Federation of Teachers announced a settlement with the Detroit Public Schools over decrepit building conditions in some schools. The settlement lays out a process for reporting, logging and prioritizing requests for building repairs, as well as timelines for following through.
(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) DETROIT, MI – A lawsuit filed by a former Fiat Chrysler diversity manager alleges the Auburn Hills automaker disparately treats black non-union employees, giving them lower ratings through a process that determines bonuses and advancement opportunities. “As a result of (Fiat Chrysler’s) practice and policy of discriminating against African American employees, (these …
A hammer-wielding group involved in the bitcoin ATM business is allegedly smashing its way around Detroit and Chicago in an effort to destroy the competition, according to court documents filed last month and obtained by industry blog CoinDesk . Andrew Konja, Alvin Konja, Sam Konja, and Odai Mabroukâalong with a number of other co-conspiratorsâare allegedly running a scheme to put competing …
A government lawsuit against Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc . will move to the mortgage lender’s hometown, a federal judge ruled Monday, after finding that the Washington, D.C., connection to Quicken’s practices was too “insubstantial” to keep the case there.