A man is suing two deputies involved in his January 2021 arrest while collecting signatures to start a tenant's association in his former apartment complex
A man is suing two deputies involved in his January 2021 arrest while collecting signatures to start a tenant's association in his former apartment complex
Not traditional in any way, she said.
So it was fitting that the Springfield resident and mother of four celebrated her 2020 graduation from Kellogg Community College in a nontraditional way, a year after receiving her diploma.
With her children and boyfriend cheering her on from the family van, Totzke finally walked the stage to receive a ceremonial diploma during the college s drive-thru commencement for 2020 and 2021 graduates held on campus Thursday. She had waited a year for the opportunity after the school held a virtual commencement in 2020 amid the ongoing pandemic. With working full-time, taking care of four kids with their school, it s taken me longer than a traditional student, Totzke said. But I still got it done.
A sheriff’s deputy who arrested a Black Michigan man for “soliciting” though he was only collecting signatures to help his community has been fired.
The announcement about the unidentified deputy’s termination was made by Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley and Undersheriff Timothy Hurtt on Friday, Jan. 22 after an internal investigation, MLive reported.
“We hold ourselves to high standards of professionalism to the communities we protect. When we are right, we are right. When we are wrong, we admit we are wrong. On January 2, we were wrong,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
La’Ron Marshall, 44, was going door to door on Jan. 2 collecting signatures to form a tenant association where he lives at the Wyndtree Apartments where he lives in the southern Michigan town of Springfield. He was approached by while he was at his neighbor Kimberly Totzke’s apartment by two deputies who said they’d received a call about someone soliciting.
Racial profiling needs to stop, says Black man arrested while collecting signatures
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
La Ron Marshall poses for a portrait at his housing complex in Springfield, Michigan on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. On Jan. 2 Marshall was arrested by Calhoun County Sheriff deputies on Jan. 2, 2021, later they apologized for the arrest and dropped the charges. He was going door-to-door in his neighborhood gathering signatures to form a tenant organization for his community. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
Facebook Share
BATTLE CREEK, MI “What would have happened if the cameras weren’t rolling?” asked La’Ron Marshall, a Black man arrested earlier this month while collecting signatures in his Springfield neighborhood.