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The toughest anti-gun movement in Detroit
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No guns, just gloves: How a Detroiter is using boxing to combat gun violence.
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Why is Detroit Police Department’s vaccination rate only 39%?
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Less than half of Detroit police, and city residents, are vaccinated for COVID-19. Here’s what this means for public health and safety in the city.
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Joel “Fluent” Greene shares Detroit truth without ‘the white gaze’
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Poet Joel “Fluent” Greene discusses his new book, “The Detroit Poems,” and what it’s like to be from a gentrifying city.
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What happens if no candidates file for vacant police board seats?
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In an election year, when police reform has emerged as a concern for many, Detroit’s police oversight board has struggled to find candidates.
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Detroiters get oversight of surveillance technology, but is it enough?
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Detroit City Council has given residents the opportunity for input on how and where City surveillance systems like Project Greenlight will be deployed. Critics are still concerned.
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With summer’s rising temps, Detroit police brace for rise in gun violence
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With summer’s rising temps, Detroit police are focused on getting guns off the streets by pivoting from arresting criminals after the violence is committed to preventing the violence from happening in the first place.
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5 things Detroiters should know about interim Police Chief James White
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Following Police Chief James Craig’s announced retirement, Mayor Mike Duggan introduced James White as the interim chief. He will start June 1. Here’s a few things Detroiters ought to know before he starts.
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Detroit police chief says police accountability reform is ‘dangerous’
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As public momentum for police accountability grows, outgoing Police Chief James Craig joins Republicans in claiming an end to qualified immunity for police is “dangerous.”
Youth-led work revives Detroit’s Denby neighborhood
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A Denby High School senior project turned into an eight-year commitment, in which students and residents took on blight, neighborhood parks and a commercial corridor.
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Detroit police board to get major shakeup this fall
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In August, Detroit voters will be asked to elect at least three new police commissioners.