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- SUPPORT DARRELL EWING, DERRICO SEARCY, AT COA HEARING MARCH 10 RE: 2024 DISMISSAL OF CHARGES
- 50 YEARS OF MASS INCARCERATION NOW COST U.S., STATES, PRISONERS & FAMILIES $445 BILLION/YR.
- DEATH OF IMAM JAMIL AL-AMIN/H.RAP BROWN REIGNITES DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE, RECOGNITION OF HIS HEROIC LIFE
- SENTINEL REPORT: KYM WORTHY, CIU’s, DPD, SADO LEAVE MASSES OF WRONGLY CONVICTED TO ROT AND DIE IN MDOC
- FREE WRONGLY CONVICTED LIFER DAVID MCKINNEY, CHARGE INKSTER COPS ANTHONY DELGRECO, OTHERS
- LET OUR BROTHERS GO! RICKY RIMMER, GREGORY ALLEN, DESHON STOKES! SAT. OCT. 11 @12 NOON MLK JR. HIGH
- WRONGLY CONVICTED, MICHEAL ‘MIKE D’ DEGRAFFINRIED FREED AFTER 26 YRS; NEW TRIAL HEARINGS OCT. 9, NOV. 11
- COUNCIL CANDIDATE JAMES HARRIS’ S.T.R.E.S.S. COP, DRUG DEALER DAD BUSTED BY FEDS; SPENT 20 YRS. IN PRISON
- WOMEN AT HURON VALLEY PRISON WIN FED. COURT RULING BLASTING HORRIFIC CONDITIONS, DENYING MDOC IMMUNITY
- FREE RICKY RIMMER! DETROIT MAYORAL CANDIDATE ATTY. TODD PERKINS MEETS WITH RR’S SUPPORTERS JUNE 8
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- CEDRIC TOOKS HOME AFTER 47 YRS, RESENTENCED AS 18-YR. OLD JUVENILE, LEADS WAY FOR HUNDREDS MORE
- MICH. SUPREME COURT ORDERS RESENTENCINGS FOR LIFERS AGED 18, 19, 20, AFFECTING AT LEAST 830 IN MDOC
- WE REMEMBER AFENI SHAKUR JAN. 10, 1947 – MAY 2, 2016; “BLACK PANTHER PARTY HISTORY IS WOMEN’S HISTORY”
- PROF. PENNY GODBOLDO, DR. MARGARET BETTS SPONSOR “MEDITATION MOVEMENT & MEDICINE” SAT. MAR. 29 10A-2P
- MICH. SUPREME COURT TO RULE RE: LIFERS CONVICTED UNDER 21, OTHERS CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER
- DUGGAN’S DECADES-LONG DETROIT DEMOLITION DERBY
- ATTEND FRIENDS OF RETURNING CITIZENS (F.O.R.C.) SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS TUESDAYS 6 – 7:30 PM
- EXONEREE THELONIOUS SEARCY PACKS COURT; JUDGE DELAYS RE-TRIAL, DENIES TETHER REMOVAL PER NESSEL
- FREE DOUBLE R IN 2025! DETROIT PROTESTS FOR RICKY RIMMER FORCED ACTION, CASE GOING TO APPEALS COURT
- CHARGES DISMISSED VS. DEMETRIS ‘MEECH’ KNUCKLES EL, COUSIN JAN. 16, 2025; TONS OF SUPPORTERS SHOWED
- FIGHT THE POWER! JOIN THELONIOUS ‘SHAWN’ SEARCY IN COURT FRI. JAN. 10 VS. ‘INNOCENCE DENIER’ KYM WORTHY
- DONATE TO VOD IN 2025! HELP EXPOSE CRIMES OF COPS, PROSECUTORS, JUDGES WHO FRAMED 1,000’S IN MDOC
- GAYELON SPENCER, JR. FIGHTS MURDER 2 CONVICTION: COPS DESTROYED EVIDENCE, BIASED MEDIA COVERAGE
- WILLIE MERRIWEATHER MEMORIAL SAT. DECEMBER 14, 4PM: HERO WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS FROM PRISON
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Author Archives: Diane Bukowski
GENOCIDAL SNYDER/RHODES PLAN HARMS DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN, WORKERS, RESIDENTS
Teachers shut DPS May 2, 3 not only over pay threats, but dismantling of nation’s largest majority-Black school district Race a central issue—DFT President Ivy Bailey “Rise up to defend jobs, schools, children, strike to win”—Former DFT pres. Steve Conn … Continue reading
HEARING ON DISABLED, ABUSED CHILD MAY 2; WHY DOES JUDGE MARTHA SNOW ENDANGER JANNA, JAIL MOM?
Editorial/interview by VOD Staff Writer Cornell Squires, co-authored by investigative journalist David Schied May 1, 2016 As I write what is found below, I am reminded of the interview I had several weeks ago in the living room of Jann … Continue reading
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WHY IS JUVENILE LIFER CHARLES LEWIS STILL IN PRISON, 16 YRS. AFTER HIS CASE WAS DISMISSED?
Judge Qiana Lillard acknowledges court order dismissing case at hearing April 21, 2016, takes no action Lewis’ state court files, filling three cartons, have mysteriously “disappeared,” next hearing to feature last known official in possession Lewis is one of state’s … Continue reading
SANDERS PREPARES TO BOW DOWN TO HILLARY, BUT MANY OF HIS SUPPORTERS WON’T
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford April 27, 2016 Bernie Sanders has endorsed President Obama’s troop escalation in Syria, once again showing that “he is no more ‘progressive’ than Obama on foreign policy, and just as dishonest – a … Continue reading
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THE PASSING OF A PRINCE — THE FINAL CALL FRONT PAGE
With statements by the Honorable Louis Farrakhan, Mother Tynetta Muhammad, wife of the late Elijah Muhammad Prince not only an artist: he battled corporations for artists’ rights and justice, fought police violence, environmental racism “When you stop a man from dreaming, … Continue reading
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STATE WAR ON DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTINUES, “SELLING BLACK CHILDREN TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER”
Michigan Legislature still debating provisions of bills that would end DPS Current Detroit Board of Education, parents file class action lawsuit citing irreparable harm to Detroit’s children under state control Retaliation continues against teachers who closed 80 percent of Detroit … Continue reading
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Tagged #Beatbackthebullies, #BlackEducationMatters, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #DefendPublicEducation, #MoneyforEducationnotforBanks, #MoneyforEducationnotforwar, #SaveDPS, #saveourchildren, #SaveOurKids, #StandUpNow, #StopSchoolClosings, #StoptheWaronBlackAmerica
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DYING IN PRISON: MICHIGAN JUVENILE LIFERS GET NEW HOPE UNDER MONTGOMERY, STILL FACE OBSTACLES
U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 25 in Montgomery v. Louisiana that Miller v. Alabama decision declaring JLWOP unconstitutional is retroactive But MICHISSIPPI’s juvenile lifers still have “many rivers to cross” in state with 2nd highest number of JLWOPer’s in U.S., under … Continue reading
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Tagged #Beatbackthebullies, #Blackkidslivesmatter, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #Breakdownthewalls, #MassIncarceration, #Michissippigoddam, #PrisonNation, #saveourchildren, #SchooltoPrisonPipeline, #StandUpNow, #StopJWLOP, #StopWaronBlackAmerica, #StopWaronourYouth
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MARCH ON TIGERS OPENING DAY TO RECALL SNYDER, SAVE DPS, FLINT, END EM’S: FRI. APRIL 8, 11 AM
Detroit Public Schools board also bringing lawsuit on behalf of DPS students; press conf. Thurs. April 7, 11 a.m. Fisher Building Click on http://www.stopsnyder.com to get recall petitions. DETROIT ATTORNEY FILES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR DPS STUDENTS ON BEHALF OF SCHOOL … Continue reading
ACTIVISTS SAY WAYNE CO. TAX FORECLOSURES ILLEGAL, VIOLATION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, DOMESTIC TERRORISM
March 31st was deadline day for 30,000 County families currently occupying their homes to pay property taxes or face foreclosure and auction Speakers tell Wayne County Commission March 17 that tax foreclosures illegal due to no value re-assessments; violate Indigenous Peoples rights Protest held … Continue reading
CHICAGO TEACHERS WALK OUT; DEMAND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION, NOT BANKS
Chicago teachers rally, march through Loop after walkout VOD editor: What is WRONG with our unions, politicians, preachers and others in Detroit and Michigan? Here, teachers unions support the final dismantling of the Detroit Public Schools, while Chicago Teachers demand the … Continue reading
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