Ricky Rimmer’s case headed to Michigan Supreme Court 9/11/25, after COA denial 7/17/25, trial Judge Christopher Blount denial 2/9/25; Judge son of cop Michael Blount, ally of James Harris, who framed Ricky in 1975

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Ricky Rimmer with mother Lovie Mae Rimmer, who died in 2023 waiting for his new trial.

Ricky Rimmer-Bey has been imprisoned since 1975, framed up by corrupt drug dealer cop James “Jimmie” Harris, who spent 20 years in federal prison for his crimes after drug bust in 1992. Rimmer-Bey needs support now as his case goes to the Michigan Supreme Court. This corrupt court system has unjustly denied his motions for a new trial and evidentiary hearing at every step, from trial judge Christopher Blount, to the Court of Appeals, which denied his appeal with only a few sentences as if it had not even read his extensive filings.

“I have done 47 years for a crime I did not commit,” Ricky Rimmer, now 68, told VOD today. “Sgt. James Harris told me to sell drugs for him, and I refused. He used to come through our neighborhood squeezing guys, shaking guys down, pushing them up against the cars. I wasn’t going to do that for him. I was young and scared of him, everybody in the neighborh00d was scared of him, they knew he was a dirty cop, putting guys in jail who hadn’t done anything. I knew he would set me up or kill me for refusing. He did both when he put me in here for life.”

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Read the complete history of Ricky Rimmer’s case by clicking link below, which includes links to all Voice of Detroit stories on RR since 2021

FREE DOUBLE R IN 2025! DETROIT PROTESTS FOR RICKY RIMMER FORCED ACTION, CASE GOING TO APPEALS COURT | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

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