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Detroit Deputy Chief to Become 1st Black Female Chief of Police in Dallas
The deputy chief of the Detroit Police Department will be moving on and up to become the first black woman to become chief of police in the Dallas Police Department. Ulysha Renee Hall will begin her new position Sept. 5, the Detroit News reports. Hall has served as a member of the Detroit Police Department…
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The Profound Quandary of Blackness in the Video Game ‘Detroit: Become Human’
You might not have noticed, but over the past week, the internet has been losing its collective damn mind over E3, a video game conference showcasing all of next year’s flagship games, which just wrapped up several days of pomp and circumstance. Every E3 has had some controversy, but this year, rather than another sexual…
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Detroit Man, Convicted Based on a Single Hair, Released After 41 Years in Prison
Ledura Watkins has spent his entire adult life in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. On Thursday, after some 41 years behind bars, Watkins, now 61, walked out of Michigan’s Wayne County Jail after his conviction was overturned. According to the Washington Post, Watkins was freed after prosecutors agreed that his murder conviction in…
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Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against Detroit Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison in Murder Case
All charges against a Detroit man were dropped Thursday after he spent some 25 years in prison. According to the Associated Press, Desmond Ricks long accused police of pinning a murder on him by seizing his mother’s gun and switching bullets in the case. An analysis of two bullets from the victim showed that they…
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New Detroit Lions QB Brad Kaaya Is the Son of the Real-Life ‘Bye, Felicia’ From Friday
The NFL draft always has a few backstories that are in turns inspiring, heartbreaking and joyful. This one is pop-culture magic. Brad Kaaya, former quarterback for the University of Miami Hurricanes, was drafted in the sixth round by the Detroit Lions on Saturday. The cool part is that his mother had a small but significant…
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Detroit 19-Year-Old Arraigned After Accidentally Shooting 2 Police Officers He Thought Were Burglars
Nineteen-year-old Juwan Alexander Plummer was arrested last week after shooting two Detroit police officers when he thought they were men attempting to burglarize his mother’s house. In his arraignment video, a teary-eyed Plummer entered his not guilty plea before the judge, who in turn seemed sympathetic to Plummer after the prosecutor tried her best to…
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Mich. Doctor Accused of Performing Female Genital Mutilation on 2 Young Girls
A Detroit-area emergency room doctor is being accused of mutilating the genitals of two 7-year-old girls in what is believed to be the first criminal case brought by U.S. prosecutors under a law banning the painful and gruesome practice. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, was charged in federal district court in Detroit with female genital mutilation, transportation…
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Mike Epps Responds to Kangaroo Controversy
Animal lovers have a bone to pick with Mike Epps after the comedian appeared onstage with a kangaroo at a recent comedy show. During Epps’ Detroit show Friday, he was accompanied onstage by not just any kangaroo, but a famous one. The kangaroo, owned by Javon Stacks’ Exhibit Zoo, went viral last week after Stacks…
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Rapper Big Sean Awarded Key to the City of Detroit
Rapper Big Sean’s philanthropic efforts have not gone unnoticed, and the Detroit native recently became the youngest person to receive the key to the city. Detroit’s Mayor Mike Duggan awarded the rapper with the key after years of community service that has made a difference and includes the creation of the Sean Anderson Foundation. Sean…
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Masked, Armed White Man Walks Into Mich. Police Department, Somehow Doesn’t Get Shot
What happens to you when you roll into a police station, fully armed, with body armor and wearing a mask over your face? Apparently not what you would expect, because a white Michigan man somehow escaped unscathed (and is even out on bail) after doing exactly that over in Dearborn … all because of an…