The following essay was written by students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District. At a time when the Overton Window view about the role of policing in our society is shifting ever more to the left, their voice is important and deserves to be heard. Organized by the group 482Forward which is working for a quality education for EVERY […]
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Shoot ’em? Teana Walsh, an assistant Wayne County prosecutor posted this on her Facebook page after watching images of protesters and rioters in Baltimore following the homicide of Freddie Gray: So I am watching the news in Baltimore and see large swarms of people throwing bricks, etc at police who are fleeing from their assaults … 15 in the hospital […]
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On Monday of this week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer Mitchell Quinn shot and killed 20-year old Detroiter Terrance Kellom. The killing took place during a raid conducted by a multi-jurisdictional task force with Detroit police called the Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team to serve an arrest warrant on Kellom who had violated his parole. The warrant was issued after […]
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What the hell is going on in New Mexico??? [Graphic by Vectorportal | Wikipedia] On the heels of not one, but two men reporting being basically raped by medical personnel in search of illegal drugs inside their bodies, KOB4 is now reporting a woman has been subjected to a similar assault: Laura Schaur Ives, Legal Director for the New Mexico […]
Read more ›It’s time for an intervention After the revelation that law enforcement agents abducted, sedated, and raped David Eckert after a traffic stop in Deming, New Mexico, KOB4 is reporting another man has come forward with a similar story: Our investigation reveals another chapter. Another man, another minor traffic violation, another incident with Leo the K-9 and another example of the […]
Read more ›In America? Really? NOTE: This post has been updated and the title corrected to give the correct duration of Mr. Ekert’s ordeal. The update is at the end of the post. NOTE 2: This story has been updated HERE with another man coming forward with a similar nightmarish story to David Eckert’s. In September of 2012, David Eckert was stopped […]
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Chris SavageChris Savage is the owner and publisher of Eclectablog and the co-host of The GOTMFV Show podcast.
Mitchell RobinsonMitchell Robinson is associate professor of music education at Michigan State University. His research is focused on music education and education policy. Follow him on Facebook HERE and Twitter at @MRobmused. His own blog is at MitchellRobinson.net.
Barb ByrumBarb Byrum is currently in her third term as Ingham County Clerk, serving as the county’s chief elections official. As Clerk, Barb has successfully conducted 25 elections, 4 union elections, and served on Michigan’s Election Security Commission, the Secretary of State’s team of advisors tasked with strengthening and better securing elections in the state. Follow her on Twitter at @BarbByrum.
