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FAMILIES PROTEST DEATHS OF TWO MORE AT WOMEN’S HURON VALLEY; WHITMER, NESSEL TURN BLIND EYE
PROTEST AT WOMEN’S HURON VALLEY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOLLOWING MULTIPLE DEATHS AND WORSENING MEDICAL CRISIS We are absolutely horrified that the women who lead our state, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and AG Dana Nessel have for years now ignored … Continue reading
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BLACK FAMILY WINS LAWSUIT VS. NEIGHBOR WITH KKK FLAG; KYM WORTHY REFUSED CRIMINAL CHARGES
Note from VOD Editor Diane Bukowski Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy refused to file hate crime charges against a Grosse Pointe resident flying the KKK flag (above) next door to his Black neighbors, who have now won a federal lawsuit … Continue reading
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FREE EFREN PAREDES–AMNESTY INT.L CAMPAIGN TO URGE MICH. GOV. GRETCHEN WHITMER TO GRANT CLEMENCY
SUPPORT EFREN PAREDES JR.’S REQUEST FOR COMMUTATION! hit link: https://amnesty.quorum.us/campaign/158629 VOD EDITOR DIANE BUKOWSKI: Efren Paredes was 15 when he was given three life sentences for a murder in Benton Harbor, MI that he did not commit. The racist … Continue reading
C.O.A. UPHOLDS DISMISSAL OF CHARGES v. EWING & SEARCY; CROWD OF SUPPORTERS PACKED HEARING
MCOA You Tube video of the Ewing/Searcy hearing March 10, 2026 (below). Panel rules that Judge Kiefer Cox did not “abuse his discretion” as a judge in dismissing murder charges in 2024 as Pros. Kym Worthy sought a re-trial … Continue reading
MICH. SUPREME COURT ORDERS RESENTENCINGS FOR LIFERS AGED 18, 19, 20, AFFECTING AT LEAST 830 IN MDOC
FAMILIES AND VICTIMS of Michigan’s juvenile lifers packed the State Capitol in 2006 to lobby for legislation to outlaw juvenile life without parole. Michigan Citizen Writing for The Voice of Detroit on-line newspaper, published since 2010, and the Michigan … Continue reading
WE REMEMBER AFENI SHAKUR JAN. 10, 1947 – MAY 2, 2016; “BLACK PANTHER PARTY HISTORY IS WOMEN’S HISTORY”
Afeni Shakur was indicted on April 2, 1969, and acquitted on May 13, 1971, of all 156 charges in what was then the longest political trial in New York’s history and the most expensive. By Ife BJ In 1969, 21 … Continue reading
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PROF. PENNY GODBOLDO, DR. MARGARET BETTS SPONSOR “MEDITATION MOVEMENT & MEDICINE” SAT. MAR. 29 10A-2P
Prof. Penny Godboldo is the sister of the late Maryanne Godboldo, who (with Penny at her side) waged an historic battle against the CPS, police kidnapping of her 13-year-old daughter to force a dangerous RX on the child. Dr. Margaret … Continue reading
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MICH. SUPREME COURT TO RULE RE: LIFERS CONVICTED UNDER 21, OTHERS CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER
CEDRIC TOOKS Re-sentencing hearing February 26, 2025 By Diane Bukowski VOD’s Editor Diane Bukowski and legal analyst Travis Herndon attended a hearing Feb. 26 for Cedric Tooks, now 65, who has been in prison since 1978 on first-degree murder … Continue reading
DUGGAN’S DECADES-LONG DETROIT DEMOLITION DERBY
This is a re-published story from 2014. ALL of VOD’s 2,000 plus stories since 2010 are still available by entering key words into the search engine (with recent posts in the sidebar at right). These Donations help VOD keep … Continue reading
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ATTEND FRIENDS OF RETURNING CITIZENS (F.O.R.C.) SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS TUESDAYS 6 – 7:30 PM
FURTHER INFO ON FRIENDS OF RETURNING CITIZENS: http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/FORC-pamphlet.pdf VOD’s editor Diane Bukowski and legal analyst Slim Herndon attended the support group Tues. Feb. 4. It was very well-attended by at least 30 politically conscious activists, many of whom spent decades … Continue reading
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