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- ROGER CARLOS RAY WINS EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON 3RD TRY; EXONEREE LAVONE HILL CALLS FOR RAY’S RELEASE
- ‘MIKE D’ NOT THE SHOOTER, VICTIM OF 1999 INKSTER DRIVE-BY SAYS; OIC DARIAN WILLIAMS CONVICTED OF EXTORTION
- CRIMINAL DEEDS BY COPS, PROSECUTORS, JUDGES, NOT ‘DOCUMENT PURGE’ CAUSED WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
- PROTEST FRI. SEPT. 20 VS. INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AT THE NEW WAYNE CO. JAIL
- JUSTICE FOR RICKY RIMMER, VICTIMS OF DPD COP, WCPO CRIMES: TUES. SEPT. 10, NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER.
- 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
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Tag Archives: #Beatbackthebullies
WHO’S GUILTY OF DETROIT MORTGAGE FRAUD? NOT WELLS FARGO, BUT COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, SAYS COUNTY
Long-time activists Cliff and Mary Ann Stafford convicted of charges related to defrauding Wells Fargo Bank; Mrs. Stafford faces up to 15 yrs. in prison Staffords not connected to any monetary transactions with Wells Fargo Judge Michael Hathaway steered jury … Continue reading
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Tagged #AdvocatesforBaxter, #bankfraud, #Beatbackthebullies, #biasonthebench, #CliffordStafford, #forgery, #FreeRevPinkney, #FreetheStaffords, #JudgeMichaelHathaway, #MaryJones, #MaryStafford, #mortgagefraud, #mortgagemeltdown, #questioneddocument, #toobigtofail, #unjustconviction, #WayneCoROD, #WayneCoTreasurer
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PROTESTS SHUT DOWN DETROIT BANKRUPTCY FORUM, RUN RHODES, DUGGAN, SNYDER OUT; RACISM V. CITY CITED
Crowd stands up, presents their own report on how bankruptcy has destroyed Detroit Runs Judge Rhodes, “Mayor” Duggan, Ric-tator Snyder Out Protester shouting “Black Lives Matter” immediately ejected; racism a key issue in bankruptcy dismantling of largest Black-majority city #Detroitbankruptcy, #JudgeStevenRhodes, … Continue reading
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Tagged #Beatbackthebullies, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #DAREA, #Detroitbankruptcy, #DetroitmayorMikeDuggan, #DETROITWATER, #DetroitWaterDepartment, #GovRickSnyder, #InsideOut, #JudgeStevenRhodes, #MoratoriumNOW, #OurWaterOurVote, #PuertoRicodebt, #Right2Water, #SaveDetroit, #saveourchildren, #StandUpNow, #StephenHenderson, #StopWaronBlackAmerica, #WATERISLIFE, #Watershutoffs
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#13TASERHITS: PHILIP COLEMAN, COLLEGE GRAD, ACTIVIST, DEAD AT HANDS OF CHICAGO’S KILLER COPS
Philip Coleman was a college graduate, activist ‘Philip was a board member of Rainbow/PUSH and was very passionate about helping people. He fell ill and needed help, and instead of getting help he got death.’–Rev. Jesse Jackson By Jason Silverstein New … Continue reading
JUDGE MICHAEL HATHAWAY SEIZES WATER PROTEST VERDICT FROM BLACK DETROIT JURY, HALTS TRIAL
City prosecutor: “They talked about living like animals because their water was shut off, and our ability to get a fair trial was thrown out.” Hathaway: “If I hadn’t stopped the trial, you would have had a verdict today.” “Can … Continue reading
CLEVELAND POLICE SHOOTING OF TAMIR RICE UNJUSTIFIED, EXPERTS SAY
EXPERTS DISAGREE WITH NEW ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY KILLING “. . . unreasonable and unjustified use of deadly force.” Expert Roger Clark “. . .reckless tactical decision making.” Jeff Noble, former CA deputy chief BY Graham Rayman, Rich Schapiro NEW YORK DAILY … Continue reading
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Tagged #AiyanaJones, #Beatbackthebullies, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #JailKillerCops, #NicholasNaquanHeyward, #PoliceState, #PrisonNation, #saveourchildren, #StandUpNow, #StopPoliceGenocide, #StopPoliceKillings, #StopWaronBlackAmerica, #TamirRice, #TerranceKellom
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#16SHOTS: LAQUAN MCDONALD PROTESTS SHUT CHICAGO’S ‘MAGNIFICENT MILE’ ON ‘BLACK FRIDAY’
Video above: Protesters marching down the streets of Michigan Avenue demanding justice on Black Friday, Nov. 27, for Laquan McDonald, 17, shot 16 times by former Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke in October, 2014. Above: released video, published on Youtube by Chicago … Continue reading
‘ROBOCOP’ MELENDEZ GUILTY OF 2 FELONIES, FACES 15 YRS; REMANDED TO JAIL IN FLOYD DENT BEATING
(Video above, from Lady Justice, shows full verdict and surrounding events) Majority Black jury finds Robocop guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, misconduct in office; he faces up to 15 years Judge Vonda R. Evans … Continue reading
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Tagged #AiyanaJones, #Beatbackthebullies, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #FloydDent, #JailKillerCops, #PoliceState, #policeviolence, #PrisonNation, #Robocop, #saveourchildren, #StandUpNow, #StoowaronBlackAmerica, #StopPoliceBrutality, #StopPoliceMurders, #WilliamMelendez
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JURY TO TOUR SCENES OF NEAR-FATAL ‘ROBOCOP’ BEATING OF AUTOWORKER FLOYD DENT
Even former Inkster police chief testifies beating not justified MSP lab supervisor says Dent had NO COCAINE in blood samples No prints on drug baggie Melendez claimed he found in Dent’s car MSP 1st Lt. Powell: Cops’ story does not … Continue reading
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Tagged #AiyanaJones, #Beatbackthebullies, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #FloydDent, #JailKillerCops, #PoliceState, #policeviolence, #PrisonNation, #RobocopMelendez, #saveourchildren, #StandUpNow, #StoowaronBlackAmerica, #StopPoliceBrutality, #StopPoliceMurders, #WilliamMelendez
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LAYOFFS FLOOD DETROIT WATER DEPT, RISK PUBLIC HEALTH; RISING DEBT = HIGHER RATES, MORE SHUT-OFFS
“If people think things are bad in Flint, wait until they see what’s going to happen to THEIR water.” Detroit Wastewater Treatment Plant severely understaffed; “when you call there, nobody answers.” GLWA takeover in trouble: GLWA/DWSD to work as independent … Continue reading
DETROITER FLOYD DENT CONFRONTS ‘ROBOCOP’ WM. MELENDEZ; PARTNER COP ADMITS RACIST TEXTS
“The officer with the gun jumped on me, grabbed me by the throat, and started choking me, then beating me in the head.” — Floyd Dent Melendez’ partner, auxiliary cop Zielenewski, admits repeated use of racial epithets in texts Judge Evans … Continue reading
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Tagged #AiyanaJones, #Beatbackthebullies, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #FloydDent, #JailKillerCops, #PoliceState, #policeviolence, #PrisonNation, #RobocopMelendez, #saveourchildren, #StandUpNow, #StoowaronBlackAmerica, #StopPoliceBrutality, #StopPoliceMurders, #WilliamMelendez
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