While I suspect there’s still more to come out, it would appear as though the trip to China that Ypsilanti’s Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Police Chief and Economic Development Director are currently on, may not have been paid for by the Wayne State University Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA), as we had been told, […]
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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
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 […]
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, Eastern Washtenaw Safety Alliance, Emmett Till, Heritage Fest, implicit bias, Jerry Clayton, mental health, mental illness, 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
OJ’s “acquittal suit” headed for the Smithsonian?
Folks at the Smithsonian have indicated that they wouldn’t accept it, but apparently OJ Simpson has his heart set on donating his “acquittal suit” to the Smithsonian. No word as of yet on whether or not he’d include those “ugly ass” Bruno Maglis that he killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in. I haven’t been […]
Posted in Other, Pop Culture Also tagged Archie Bunker, ballsy mother fuckers, Bruno Magli, celebrities who kill, Dorothy Gale, Fonzie, Kermit the Frog, Nicole Brown Simpson, OJ Simpson, people who get away with murder, Ron Goldman, ruby slippers, Smithsonian Institution, the Fonz, ugly ass shoes 9 Comments