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MISSOURI CROWD AFTER FATAL SHOOTING OF UNARMED BLACK TEEN: ‘KILL THE POLICE’

“My grandson was lying on the pavement. I asked the police what happened. They didn’t tell me nothing.- Desiree Harris” “He (the officer) shot again and once my friend felt that shot, he turned around...

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DETROIT RETIREES’ WATER AFFORDABILITY PLAN: MAKE THE BANKS PAY; PRESS...

Download Bankruptcy Claims Chart for figures on DWSD and retiree payments under proposed Detroit Bankruptcy Plan of Adjustment at Voting claims chart Mike Mulholland FROM MIKE MULHOLLAND, AFSCME DWSD...

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ARMED WITH MILITARY-GRADE WEAPONS, MISSOURI POLICE CRACK DOWN ON PROTESTS...

BREAKING NEWS: POLICE REVEAL OFFICER’S NAME IN TEEN’S DEATH 8 min ago | By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER of Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police in Ferguson have revealed the name of the six-year veteran...

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JUDGE RULES FOR THE PEOPLE! BENTON HARBOR MAYOR RECALL ELECTION TO BE HELD...

Clerk files lawsuit against herself Spread the word and sign petition  By Rev. Edward Pinkney banco9342@sbcglobal.net August 14, 2014 Benton Harbor Mayor James Hightower at reception in Whirlpool HQ....

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POLICE AND PROTESTERS CLASH AGAIN IN FERGUSON; EAST SIDE DETROIT REBELLION...

EASTSIDE DETROIT RESIDENTS REBELLED, CITING THE EVENTS IN FERGUSON, AFTER DETROIT POLICE WOUNDED A MAN NEAR BERKSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAM AUG. 13, 2014. A near-rebellion took place on Detroit’s east side...

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IS DETROIT’S FINANCIAL CRISIS CAUSED BY BANK FRAUD AND COURT COVER-UPS? GWEN...

Gwen Mingo (center) speaks during large protest against Detroit bankruptcy May 1, 2014.   Judge refuses to honor letter from bank saying homeowner owes nothing Hearing in Judge Robert Colombo’s court...

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BANK OF AMERICA AGREES TO NEARLY $17B MORTGAGE FRAUD SETTLEMENT; HELPED...

Protesters outside Detroit bankruptcy court. LARGEST USDOJ BANK SETTLEMENT SINCE 2008 CRASH NO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF EXECS BOA PART OF FRAUDULENT POC DEAL CITED BY EM KEVYN ORR IN DETROIT BANKRUPTCY...

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NEAR “CATASTROPHIC FAILURE” OF DETROIT SEWAGE PUMPS CAUSED DETROIT FLOODS,...

Drivers wade to safety on one of numerous metro Detroit freeways that were flooded August 11, 2014. Some said they had to swim. A 100-year-old woman was reported drowned in her suburban Detroit...

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OFFICER DARREN WILSON: PHOTO OF MIKE BROWN’S KILLER SURFACES; POLICE KILL...

  Aug 16, 2014 By NewsOne Staff Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, 28, received an award for “extraordinary effort in the line of duty” months before he gunned down unarmed teenager Mike Brown and...

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DETROITERS ASK JUDGE TO BAR WATER SHUT-OFFS UNTIL LAWSUIT RESOLVED; HEARING...

National protest against water shut-offs in downtown Detroit July 18, 2014.   COALITION ASKS FOR TRO AGAINST SHUT-OFFS August 25, 2014 DETROIT – In an effort to preserve a moratorium on water...

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BLACK LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE SUES FERGUSON POLICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS...

Malik Z. Shabazz, president and founder of Black Lawyers for Justice based in Washington, D.C., holds a news conference in front of the federal courthouse in St. Louis on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 where...

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CITY RETIREES: PEOPLE MUST VOTE ON ANY SALE/TRANSFER OF WATER DEPT. IN...

To download this flier, click on City retirees demand vote on DWSD 2.

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40% OF MICHIGAN HOUSEHOLDS OVER POVERTY LEVEL CAN’T COVER EXPENSES;...

POOR PEOPLE’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 1968, HELD AFTER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAS ASSASSINATED. By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press August 30, 2014 A new study finds that 40 percent of Michigan...

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FAST FOOD WORKERS PLAN BIGGEST US STRIKE TO DATE SEPT. 4

Detroit fast food workers struck and marched last year. Workers from McDonald’s, Burger King and other chains to hold walkout protest on Thursday Sept. 4, 2014 as battle to unionize escalates Civil...

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U.N.’S RACISM WATCHDOG COMMITTEE SLAMS DISCRIMINATORY POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE...

  Aftermath of Michael Brown’s killing by Ferguson police.   UN Committee cites recent killings of Jordan Davis, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, other excessive force incidents By Sonya Eskridge Sep 2,...

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DETROIT FAST FOOD WORKERS BLOCK STREETS AS PART OF NATIONAL DAY OF CIVIL...

By Diane Bukowski Sept. 4, 2014 DETROIT – Dozens of fast food workers, nearly all Black youth, were arrested today, after blocking the east-side intersection of Mack and Moran next to a McDonald’s...

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RACIST BANKRUPTCY PLAN HEARING SANCTIONS THEFT OF DETROIT

Case like no other in country; strips assets of largest Black city in U.S.  Hearing a battle between Orr/Jones Day and Syncora as union, retiree leaders vacate field, endorse Plan of Adjustment  Under...

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DETROIT BANKRUPTCY: “GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY” TO STEAL LARGEST ASSET OF...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan unveils plans for Great Lakes Water Authority as (l to r) Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, and Wayne County Executive Robert...

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DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA, OWNER OF DETROIT NEWS, TO CONSIDER SALE OF PROPERTIES

By Digital First Media September 12, 2014 at 12:12 pm (VOD: Detroit city retirees have been warning for a long time during the city’s bankruptcy proceedings that a takeover is coming to YOU next....

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BARROW SAYS RACISM, BANKS BEHIND DETROIT BANKRUPTCY, CITING SYNCORA DEAL;...

Detroit-Windsor Tunnel portal; EM Orr is proposing to hand the tunnel and its revenues over to bond insurer Syncora to compensate them for a deal he called “void ab initio, illegal and unenforceable.”...

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