Following are my extremely rough, admittedly incomplete notes on tonight’s meeting of the Ypsilanti Police-Community Relations / Black Lives Matter Joint Task Force. If you were also in the audience, and have something to add, please leave a comment. And, of course, feel free to weigh in on whatever you read below. As you’ll soon […]
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Members of the Ypsilanti community talk with city officials about living in fear of the police and how we can work together to make things better
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anger, Anne Brown, Anthony Morgan, black lives matter, body cameras, cell phones, Citizen Review Board, Crisis Intervention Team, cultural awareness, Dan Vogt, de-escalation, Emmett Till, Heritage Fest, implicit bias, Jerry Clayton, mental health, mental illness, Nicole Brown, over policing, police violence, prison industrial complex, racism, sentencing disparities, subject control, Tony DeGiusti, use of force, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Ypsilanti police department 95 Comments
“Let’s do this in a peaceful way,” Ypsilanti pastor urges law enforcement agencies participating in gang crack down
I decided to take my lunch hour today and attend the press conference called by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department on the subject of gang violence in Ypsilanti. What follow are my rough notes. If, after reading through them, you find yourself wanting more, I’d suggest watching the video at the end of the post, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Alex Easley, City of Hope Ministries, crime, David Rutledge, Dedicated to Make a Change, EWSA, Finesse Gang, gangs, gun violence, guns, Jeannette Hadden, Jerry Clayton, jobs, Keandre Duff, Keon Washington, law enforcement, Marlene Radzik, parental responsibility, poverty, Rakk Life, Ronnie Peterson, summer jobs, Tony DeGiusti 31 Comments
Ypsi Police Chief Tony DeGiusti on body cameras, the militarization of police forces and the impact of Ferguson
On Tuesday evening, our City Council voted to approve a resolution making funds available, among other things, for the purchase of 15 body cameras to be worn by Ypsilanti police officers while on patrol. As readers of site know, this is something that I’ve been pushing for since first reading about the results of a […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged body cameras, Citizens Police Academy, Community Policing, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Leforge Road, Michael Brown, Pete Murdock, police brutality, police tactics, public safety, public safety officer, regional cooperation, Rialto, school shooting, Staten Island, surveillance culture, SWAT, the militarization of the police, Tony DeGiusti, transparency, video surveillance, Wayne, YCAT, Ypsilanti Community Action Team, Ypsilanti police department 32 Comments