Mentally Ill Man Shot Multiple Times by Dearborn Cop
The Wayne County Medical Examiner has declared the death of 35-year-old Kevin Matthews to be a homicide. Matthews was shot...
Michigan
Court Rules Cops Wrong To Seize Car Over $20 Of Weed, But There is More
The Business of Marijuana For nearly three years, Linda Ross, 26, has been fighting the seizure of her vehicle, which...
Michigan Town Misused Millions in Asset Forfeiture Funds
A U.S. Department of Justice audit has found improprieties in the way Plymouth Township accounted for forfeited cash, cars and...
Speeding Police Cruiser Without Siren or Lights Kills Woman
The Benton Township officer who was driving the police vehicle that struck and killed a woman Sunday was traveling over...
Man Jailed for Traffic Ticket Dies in Cell After 17 Days of Torture
It was a death sentence. David Stojcevski, a 32-year-old resident of Roseville, Michigan, was arrested for failing to pay a...
Michigan Senate Moves to Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws
Michigan is one step closer to requiring police to keep track of how much property they seize from citizens. Michigan’s Senate Judiciary...
FBI Denies Racial Profiling, Mass Surveillance With Spy Planes In Michigan
An FBI surveillance aircraft flying near Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia According to flight data, over the weekend an FBI...
Judge Sends 3 Young Children to Jail For Refusing to Visit Their Father
A judge who unsuccessfully tried to arrange child visitation for a father, decided that the best way to deal with...
Failure to Renew Dog License Lands Michigan Mom in Jail
Becky Wehr with her dog Dexter KALAMAZOO, MI — On her way to a Shipshewana shopping trip on June 23,...
No Charges for Michigan Cop Who Shot Unarmed Teen Seven Times
EATON COUNTY, Mich. — Eaton County prosecutors announced Tuesday that they have declined to charge a sheriff’s sergeant for shooting...
Police Seize 6 Children Simply Because Family Was Camping
A Michigan family which had dreams of camping during the summer in the great outdoors was horrified when state officials...
Pig Escapes, Terrorizes Town, Craps in Cop’s Car
A hilarious story from Boing Boing is making us scratch our heads. Police in Shelby Township, Michigan had an interesting...
Cops Steal $16,000 From Black Man Because he Looked Like a Drug Dealer
Last month Joseph Rivers set out on a train trip from Michigan to Los Angeles, armed with his life savings and...
Michigan Sheriff Surprised to Hear Ticket Quotas Were Illegal, Claims Ignorance
Tickets issued in a construction zone will now be voided. The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department says they made a...
Inkster Police Chief Resigns After Beating of Black Man
After intense pressure from civil rights advocates, the police chief of Inkster, Michigan resigned Wednesday, three months after the beating...
Conviction Stands For Man Who Found Cop’s Gun in Bathroom
The Michigan appeals court has affirmed the conviction of a northern Michigan man who kept a state trooper’s gun that...
