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REAL MEN HELP CHILDREN OVERCOME RECKLESSNESS AND OTHER PROBLEMS

Posted on 07/07/2017 by Diane Bukowski

BY CORTEZ DAVIS EL Staff writer for Voice of Detroit (see bio on VOD About Page) July 7, 2017 With a lack of men to guide the younger generation down the path to success, the Michigan Department of Corrections allows … Continue reading →

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IS EXONERATION NEAR FOR THELONIOUS SEARCY, SERVING LIFE FOR MURDER VINCENT SMOTHERS CONFESSED TO?

Posted on 07/05/2017 by Diane Bukowski

In 2009, 36th District Court Judge Craig Strong sentenced Vincent Smothers to 50-100 years for eight of 12 murders he confessed to.  Strong told Smothers that while he could not bring back the lives of those he killed, he could help others … Continue reading →

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REV. EDWARD PINKNEY IS FREE! WELCOME IN DETROIT SAT. JUNE 8 @ 2PM; BENTON HARBOR RALLY JULY 11

Posted on 07/05/2017 by Diane Bukowski

 REV. PINKNEY IS FREE! June 15, 2017 From the Benton Harbor Chapter of the Black Autonomy Network of Communities (B.A.N.C.O.) http://www.bhbanco.org/2017/06/rev-pinkney-is-free.html After serving his minimum sentence of 30 months (two-and-a-half years), Rev. Pinkney was released from Michigan state prison this … Continue reading →

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JUVENILE LIFERS, EX-OFFENDERS, ADVOCATES BEGIN NEW CHAPTER IN BATTLE FOR JUSTICE JUNE 18

Posted on 06/23/2017 by Diane Bukowski

VIDEO ABOVE: David Walton of Detroit, now 60, spent 43 years since the age of 17 behind bars for a crime in which he was not the shooter. His co-defendant Edward Sanders, also not the shooter, is due for release July … Continue reading →

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WHITE SEATTLE COPS SHOOT, KILL CHARLEENA LYLES, PREGNANT MOTHER OF 4, IN FRONT OF KIDS

Posted on 06/19/2017 by Diane Bukowski

  Officer-involved shooting in Magnusson Park leaves 3 children in protective custody. Seattle police on Sunday shot and killed a 30-year-old old woman who had called officers to report an attempted burglary and then displayed a knife, SPD said. Police … Continue reading →

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RESTITUTION NOT EVICTION: PEOPLE’S FORUM TO END UNCONSTITUTIONAL TAX FORECLOSURES SAT. JUNE 17

Posted on 06/14/2017 by Diane Bukowski

UPDATE: PROF. BERNADETTE ATUAHENE SPEECH AT PEOPLE’S FORUM ON FORECLOSURES JUNE 17, 2017 VOD editor, June 19, 2017:  These videos of Prof. Atuahene giving a truly dynamic, riveting presentation at the Forum to End Unconstitutional Tax Foreclosures are being published today. … Continue reading →

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STOP DEATH IN PRISON FOR CHILDREN! JUVENILE LIFER RALLY FOR JUSTICE SUN. JUNE 18 @ 2-5 PM DETROIT

Posted on 06/13/2017 by Diane Bukowski

Attorney Bryan Stevenson, director of the national Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL and Professor of Law at NYU Law School,  is one of the endorsers of the Juvenile Lifer Rally for Justice in Detroit this Sunday. This video was made after … Continue reading →

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FALSE DETROIT CONVICTION: VINCENT SMOTHERS SAYS HE, NOT THELONIOUS SEARCY, KILLED JAMAL SEGARS IN 2004

Posted on 06/10/2017 by Diane Bukowski

See petition above at https://www.change.org/p/rick-snyder-free-wrongfully-convicted-thelonious-shawn-searcy. Smothers signed affidavits provided to police and media, gave taped interview to Scott Lewis on Segars killing  Earlier Smothers helped free Davontae Sanford, convicted of 4 murders committed in 2007 by Smothers and accomplice  Same … Continue reading →

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STOP U.S. INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA! NAT’L DAYS OF SOLIDARITY- DETROIT DEMO TUES. JUNE 6, 5 PM

Posted on 06/05/2017 by Diane Bukowski

 STOP U.S. INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA! NATIONAL EMERGENCY DAYS OF SOLIDARITY WITH VENEZUELA Initiated by International Action Center Detroit Demonstration Initiated by Workers World Party–Detroit Branch Tuesday, June 6, 5 PM Campus Martius Park, 800 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48226 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/841587382655619/  The International Action … Continue reading →

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RECALLING DETROIT’S 1967 REBELLION AND THE RACIST VIETNAM WAR: TIME FOR AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY!

Posted on 06/02/2017 by Diane Bukowski

VIDEOJOURNALISM BY KENNETH SNODGRASS Recalling Detroit’s 1967 Rebellion as its 50th anniversary approaches.  How much has really changed for Black Detroit today? There is a 59% child poverty rate. The largest Black-majority city in the country has lost most of its major assets … Continue reading →

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