A Detroit man is being hailed as a hero after he gave his own life in a robbery so that his wife could be spared. SEE ALSO: Man Stabbed At Airport, Gets On Flight Anyway Tommie Caldwell, 63, was fatally shot when robbers entered the northwest Detroit home he shared with his wife. Caldwell was […]
The father of missing Detroit girl Bianca Jones says he is receiving death threats, The Detroit News reports. SEE ALSO: Blago Gets 14 years D’Andre Lane says the media and police are making him look as if he had something to do with his daughter’s disappearance. “This is unfair,” Lane said according to the The […]
DETROIT (AP) — Stepping gingerly among mounds of discarded tires, piles of soggy clothing and nail-pierced wood boards, Makibla Gideon’s head swept from side to side in search of a purple toddler’s jacket or pink shirt – any remnant that could have been worn by a 2-year-old Detroit girl whose father claims was taken during […]
DETROIT-A girls bathroom in a in Ludington Middle School in Detroit was home to a brutal fight club in which girls would brutally fight while others would cheer them on and tape it. The family of 13-year-old Jasmine Crawley brought the fight club to authorities’ attention after a video of Crowley fighting in the bathroom […]
Vincent M. Keenan, Detroit political activist and proponent of the recently adopted new city charter, writes in the HuffingtonPost that the beleaguered, nearly-bankrupt metropolis has just turned a very important corner: Last Tuesday, the new Charter was adopted. It contains ethics reform and enforcement and anticipates policing the complexities of public-private partnerships like the Woodward […]
Detroit Mayor David Bing held a press conference yesterday detailing the struggling city’s financial troubles. The city of Detroit is on the brink of bankruptcy and Bing vowed emergency budget cuts to avoid an emergency takeover of the city. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man Alive See Also: Occupy Wall Street Film “Simply put, […]
In Detroit, where a large number of the city’s unemployed are either on probation or on parole, the city recently held an “Offenders Only” Job Fair in an effort to put its ex-convicts back to work. Organized by Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh, the job fair featured hundreds of job openings available only to […]
Call them riots or civil insurrections, when a disenfranchised population is triggered by an event that symbolizes their shared grievances, the consequences can be the unleashing of years of suppressed frustration and rage. While it is common for governments to blame the rioters, a detailed look at the causes show that the law and law […]
Call them riots or civil insurrections, when a disenfranchised population is triggered by an event that symbolizes their shared grievances, the consequences can be the…
DETROIT — F-16 Fighter jets followed a flight traveling from Denver to Detroit due to the suspicious behavior of three people who kept on going to the bathroom for extended periods of time. Police officers entered the plane when it landed in Detroit and detained three passengers who were questioned by the FBI. WXYZ reports: […]
Legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin will once again serenade President Obama when she performs before his speech on jobs and the economy on Monday in Detroit. Franklin, a Detroit native, also welcomed Obama to the White house when she sung “Let Freedom Ring” at his inauguration in Jan. 2009. Her performance will be held at […]
The city of Detroit is offering about 200 free and reduced price homes to police officers living outside the city limits in attempt to revitalize the city. Detroit is seeing a housing crisis that was sparked by a huge decline in the population. The city’s population decreased 25% in the past decade, according to Census […]
