George Hunter
The Detroit News
Detroit, MI, United States
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Longtime Detroit disc jockey stabbed to death; police say suspect in custody
John O'Leary was working on a podcast about Detroit rock radio history, a friend said. His body was found in his home by police on Sunday. → Read More
James Craig will challenge Whitmer for governor
James Craig, one of the longest-serving police chiefs in the city's history, will challenge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in next year's gubernatorial race. → Read More
Whitmer kidnap plotter also wanted to hang Trump, other politicians, FBI says
An FBI search warrant affidavit provides new information about an informant who helped the FBI thwart a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer → Read More
Detroit to See Gunshot Sensors as Feds Target Violent Crime
The technology that detects and alerts police of gunfire is making a return in the city as part of a federal crackdown on violence. The effort also includes an increased federal law enforcement presence in the city. → Read More
Cops, Firefighters and Medical Techs Quarantined in Detroit
Two Detroit police employees, a captain and a civilian dispatcher, died this week of COVID-19 virus-related illnesses. As Tuesday, more than 250 officers were quarantined, Detroit police chief James Craig said during a press conference. → Read More
Detroit Police Target Violence From Illegal Marijuana Sales
The legalization of marijuana in Michigan has not eliminated black market sales of the drug in Detroit — or the violence associated with it — said the city's police chief, who is rolling out a strategy to combat a recent wave of weed-related shootings and → Read More
Detroit Police Offer Facial Recognition Policy Revisions
Contention and heated debate over the police department’s use of the technology prompted removal of policy language allowing real-time scanning and outlined punishments for officers who abuse the system. → Read More
Detroit cops revise proposed facial recognition policy, remove real-time provision
Besides dropping the ability to scan faces in real time, the revised policy lays out punishment for officers who abuse the technology → Read More
Detroit Residents Air Police Facial Recognition Concerns
One of the criticisms of the technology is that it produces false hits on people with darker skin. Police chief James Craig said steps have been taken to create checks and balances and limit misidentification. → Read More
Detroit Police Commissioner Against Facial Recognition Tech
After a Board of Police Commissioners meeting where a commissioner was arrested following a heated argument, Chairwoman Lisa Carter has also come out in opposition of the controversial technology. → Read More
Michigan attorney general launches wrongful conviction unit
The unit will take cases from all Michigan counties except Wayne County, which has its own Conviction Integrity Unit → Read More
Feds charge Detroit collision shop owner with bribing cops in alleged insurance scheme
The alleged scheme involved paying Detroit cops to tow vehicles to Livernois Collision, which billed insurers for work not done, prosecutors say → Read More
Detroit taxpayers recoup costs for police patrols at Tigers, Red Wings games
Until last year, Detroit did not charge the Ilitch family for police patrols at Detroit Tigers and Red Wings games → Read More
State says it’s short on cash for the wrongfully convicted
Michigan officials say there's not enough money left in the fund that's supposed to compensate exonerated ex-inmates $50,000 for each year in prison. → Read More
Class-action suit challenges civil forfeitures
The federal suit, filed by three people, alleges police violated their 14th Amendment due process rights by seizing their vehicles → Read More
Traffic fine decline saps local coffers in Michigan
The number of tickets has plummeted in the past three decades, a decline experts attribute to overall staffing shortages → Read More
Tensions rise over police overtime, off-duty deployment
Craig says memo banning overtime resulted from a misunderstanding; union holds off on secondary employment boycott → Read More
Detroiter awarded $1M for wrongful murder conviction
Desmond Ricks spent 25 years in prison before proving that his mother’s gun wasn’t the weapon used in a 1992 slaying → Read More
Second ex-staffer accuses Conyers of sexual harassment
Deeana Maher, who worked for Conyers from 1997 to 2005, said the Detroit Democrat made unwanted sexual advances 3 times → Read More
Violent neighborhoods plague generations in Detroit
Thousands of Detroit children grow up in a culture of violence that’s been entrenched for generations → Read More