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- JAMARIO MITCHELL FIGHTS 2001 MURDER CONVICTION SET UP BY DETROIT’S ‘DRAGNET’ COP ISAIAH (IKE) SMITH
- JACKSON-BOLANOS ACQUITTED OF WOLL MURDER; ATTYS. FILE TO DISMISS OTHER COUNTS AS DOUBLE JEOPARDY
- UK EXPECTED TO SUSPEND ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL AS ‘UNCOMMITTED’ IN TALKS WITH US VP KAMALA HARRIS
- FREE AT LAST AFTER 37 YRS: JUDGE DISMISSES MURDER CHARGES VS. PAUL CLARK ON INNOCENCE, BRADY CLAIMS
- JUDGE BLOUNT: FAIR HEARING, JUSTICE FOR RICKY RIMMER NOW!! STOP CORRUPT COPS! RALLY TUES. SEPT. 10 @1 PM
- MICH. LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING “PRODUCTIVITY CREDITS” BILL #SB 861 BARRING PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN PRISON
- MICHAEL JACKSON-BOLANOS TESTIFIES AT WOLL MURDER TRIAL, DEFENSE GIVES STUNNING CLOSING ARGUMENTS
- SUPPORT WILLIE MERRIWEATHER AT PUBLIC PAROLE HEARING JULY 11, 1PM ON ZOOM; REGISTER BY JULY 9
- SUCCESSFUL RETURNING CITIZEN DAY IN DETROIT BUILDS SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WALLS
- RIMMER CASE: JUDGE’S DAD, DPD SGT. MICHAEL BLOUNT, & SGT. JAMES HARRIS BOTH ON S.T.R.E.S.S., MAYOR’S SQUAD
- JUDGE BLOUNT DENIES RICKY RIMMER’ S MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIAL, HEARING ON RACIST COPS, NEW WITNESSES
- U.S. REP. RASHIDA TLAIB: ON GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS, INVASION OF RAFAH; SUPPORT SJP AT WSU MAY 28 @6PM
- SUPPORTERS OF PRISONERS AT WOMEN’S HURON VALLEY CONTINUE THE BATTLE AGAINST ‘THE VALLEY OF DEATH’
- VIVIAN KINCAID: ACTIVIST, POET, ACTOR/MOTHER, SISTER, NIECE, FRIEND–CELEBRATION OF LIFE APRIL 20 @2:30 PM
- INKSTER COP DARIAN WMS. EXTORTED DRUG DEALERS DURING CASE V. MICH. LIFER MICHAEL DEGRAFFENRIED
- VICTORY! JUDGE KIEFER COX DISMISSES CHARGES V. EWING, SEARCY, CITING DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS
- DARRELL EWING INVOKES RIGHT TO ATTY. FOR RE-TRIAL MARCH 25, CITES COX’S CRIPPLING ‘RULES OF THE ROAD’
- STOP THE GENOCIDE! FREE PALESTINE! REMEMBER AARON BUSHNELL! MASS MARCH IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT MAR. 2
- ALEXANDRE ANSARI’S $10M FALSE CONVICTION VERDICT: NO CHARGES V. DPD’S JIMENEZ, COPS IN OTHER CASES
- JUDGE KIEFER COX DENIES DARRELL EWING’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY FOR ACTUAL BIAS; APPEAL HEARING FEB. 23
- FREE DEM BOYS! JAY LOVE SHOW WITH DIANE BUKOWSKI, ON DARRELL EWING/DERRICO SEARCY, FRI. FEB. 9 @8:30 PM
- SAY NO TO GENOCIDE JOE! CEASE-FIRE NOW! VOTE UNCOMMITTED IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FEB. 27, 2024
- RAY GRAY, FREED AFTER 48 YRS. SERVED ON WRONGFUL CONVICTION, HOLDS ART EXHIBIT-RECEPTION FEB. 10, 2024
- DERRICO SEARCY JOINS DARRELL EWING MOTIONS TO DISMISS CASE, ET.AL.; EWING WINS V. WCJAIL CONDITIONS
- RAILROAD OF MICHAEL JACKSON-BOLANOS IN SAMANTHA WOLL MURDER? DEFENSE: INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
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Author Archives: Diane Bukowski
STOP THE VIOLENCE: STOP POLICE BRUTALITY, CRIMINALIZATION OF YOUTH
VOD notes Mayor Dave Bing, featured in story above, with State Treasurer Andy Dillon and company, doing drastic economic violence to the people of Detroit, rushed off to a so-called “Stop the Violence” rally at Rev. Wendell Anthony’s Fellowship Chapel. October … Continue reading
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EPA WANTS 45-DAY HALT TO EMA DETROIT WATER CONTRACT; COUNCIL PRESSES AHEAD
DWSD director Sue McCormick, speaking, and (l to r) BOWC financial advisor Butler Benton, Chair Walter Fausone, DWSD COO Matthew Sheck, BOWC V-P James Thrower, and BOWC member Mary Blackmon push for Council approval of $48 million EMA down-sizing … Continue reading
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EMA CONTRACT—A $48 M DAYLIGHT HEIST
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announces EMA contract at press conference with (front, l to r) Board of Water Commissioners (BOWC) chair Mary Blackmon, DWSD Director Sue McCormick, Bing, BOWC chair James Fausone, and Detroit City Councilman Gary Brown (a member … Continue reading
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NYPD BRUTALLY BEAT HOMELESS YOUTH STAYING IN SYNAGOGUE
From Change.org October 20, 2012 NEW YORK CITY–On October 8, 2012, 21-year-old Ehud Halevi was sleeping in a youth center run by the New York synagogue where he’s a member. Ehud is homeless, so his Rabbi — who runs programs … Continue reading
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FREEDOM RIDE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR EDUCATION JUSTICE, 2012
NATIONAL JOURNEY FOR EDUCATION JUSTICE, 2012, WASHINGTON D.C. On September 20, 2012, youth, parents, and community activists from across the United States converged in the Nation’s Capitol to demand an end to school closures and corporate reform policies that violate … Continue reading
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COUNCIL SABOTAGES PUBLIC HEARING ON BELLE ISLE ‘LEASE’
Six members vote to cancel Oct. 18 hearing Members earlier open to revised ‘lease’ By Diane Bukowski October 17, 2012 DETROIT– The Detroit City Council voted 6-3 to postpone an Oct. 18 hearing on Belle Isle indefinitely, two days before it … Continue reading
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FAVORABLE TO REVISED “LEASE” SEPT. 25
Allowed Sept. 25 presentation by state, DEGC, Bing administration Brown, Tate, Jenkins, Cockrel, Jr. others considering revisions By Diane Bukowski Oct. 17, 2012 DETROIT— The unexpected cancellation of the City Council Oct. 18 committee hearing on Belle Isle, described in … Continue reading
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VOTE NO ON PROP 1–REPEAL PUBLIC ACT 4, THE LOCAL DICTATOR LAW
THE EMERGENCY MANAGER ACT THREATENS EVERYONE IN MICHIGAN VIDEO ABOVE: Nick Ciaramitaro, Director of Legislation and Public Policy at Michigan AFSCME Council 25, breaks down reasons to VOTE NO on Proposal 1 (“A referendum on Public Act 4 of 2011 – … Continue reading
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NOV. 6: VOTE NO ON 1, YES ON 2, 3, 4, YES ON M, WCCC, COUNTY PROPOSALS; TV ADS NEEDED TO DEFEAT PA 4
Click on http://www.facebook.com/VoteVIPslate/events#!/VoteVIPslate and http://votevipslate.blogspot.com/ for contact and other information on the Vote VIP Slate. In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Detroit Chief of Police Warren Evans, right, and team stop a vehicle in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) VOD Editorial: … Continue reading
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NATIVE SONS ON LOCKDOWN: A MESSAGE TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE ‘D’
By Glenn E. Morgan Jr “Soldiers are made by other Men; Warriors are born by God given Birthright” –Aasiyaku Bisseau X. (pseudonym) October 11, 2012 The mass incarceration of black men and other men-of-color in U.S.prisons warrants national and international attention … Continue reading
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