Crime Summary
2nd Precinct CIRCUMSTANCES: On March 13 at approximately 3 p.m. in the area of Rangoon and Alaska, officers were on patrol and observed a green Chevy occupied by three males turn without signaling....
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[caption id="attachment_10979" align="alignright" width="370"] Sam on Let it Rip[/caption] Condoms or guns? By Sam Riddle The Michigan Citizen It was live TV. The subject matter was the ubiquitous...
View ArticleHouse expands EAA
[caption id="attachment_11004" align="alignright" width="134"] LEFT: State Rep. John Olumba, I-Detroit; RIGHT: State Rep. Harvey Santana, D-Detroit vote to pass EAA legislation[/caption] Two Detroit...
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2nd Precinct CIRCUMSTANCES: On March 20 at approximately 12:50 p.m. in the 14800 block of Marlowe, narcotics crews conducted a raid. Officers arrested one suspect and recovered five packs of heroin,...
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Dems invade Detroit By Sam Riddle Special to the Michigan Citizen The Democrats have their own Crimea, a.k.a. Detroit. The Dem invasion is underway. The Dem mantra is: “We must get rid of Snyder.” It...
View ArticleCost of state’s $9M theft from HP: Street lights and water plant
[caption id="attachment_11128" align="alignright" width="300"] HP water treatment plant COURTESY PHOTOS[/caption] By T. Kelly The Michigan Citizen HIGHLAND PARK — Over the last decade, the state of...
View ArticleORR’S CUTS DEVASTATE RETIREES
[caption id="attachment_11132" align="alignright" width="300"] Donald Smith worked as a detention officer, a parking enforcement officer and as a receiving clerk at a Detroit hospital. In all, he...
View ArticleDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer on Emergency Management
Mark Schauer says he will be "campaigning on democracy." He says he would help repeal the Emergency Manager law and "send Kevin Orr back to Maryland." http://youtu.be/o8gUPyDt7oE
View ArticleMark Schauer talks about revenue sharing owed to Detroit, other Michigan cities
The Michigan Municipal League just released their report showing the state cheated cities of $6.2 billion in revenue sharing - $772 million to Detroit. Schauer says he will honor revenue sharing...
View ArticleMark Schauer shares the actions he’ll take the first day in office, if elected
Mark Schauer says, if elected, on his first day in office he will "send Michigan emergency managers packing", repeal the Snyder retirement tax, repeal 'Right to Work (for less)', and begin to remove...
View ArticleMark Schauer on increasing voter turnout in Detroit
"I run grassroots door-to-door campaigns. That's my philosophy for winning as governor… If people turnout, we're gonna win." http://youtu.be/kIz-kJR8P3E
View ArticleMark Schauer on core city services
"I think Kevyn Orr is right in that his job should be to help make sure our city is safe, but it is a challenge when police officers and fire fighters that put their lives on the line everyday…have no...
View ArticleMark Schauer on Gov. Rick Snyder’s alleged cronyism
2014 Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Schauer addresses recent allegations that Gov. Rick Snyder protected his cousin's furniture company from a proposed cut in state contracts: "It's not a...
View ArticleMissing girl: Tamara Harris
Tamara Harris, 17, was last seen by her DHS worker in the 5500 block of Conner on the morning of Friday, March 3, 2014 at approximately 8:25 a.m. Tamara is five-foot, one-inch, weighs 115 lbs., and...
View ArticleHundreds protest EM’s plan
[new_royalslider id="38"] They came by the hundreds the morning of April 1. City retirees and their supporters; activist groups Moratorium Now and Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management; unions,...
View ArticleFood policies at work in Detroit
By Kibibi Blount-Dorn Special to the Michigan Citizen Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health have found healthy diets rich in fruits and vegetables cost an average of $1.50 more per day than...
View Article‘We object!’ (VIDEO)
http://youtu.be/f2hx-yQRxwE Retirees/supporters share their objections to EM Orr's plan DETROIT – Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management (D-REM), Moratorium NOW!, retired city workers and other...
View ArticleBusiness mentorship program for creative start-ups
[caption id="attachment_11250" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Creative Ventures Residency Program COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] DETROIT — The Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3), a partnership between...
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[caption id="attachment_11253" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Drunk white woman passes out in street and receives medical assistance. SAM RIDDLE PHOTOS[/caption] Opening day drunk By Sam Riddle...
View ArticleWindom is Highland Park recall target
[caption id="attachment_11276" align="aligncenter" width="504"] Highland Park council members listen as Mayor DeAndre Windom and Finance Director Ernestine Williams address State Treasurer Andy...
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