The council voted 5-4 on the expansion, with councilmembers Gabriela Santiago-Romero, Mary Waters, Angela Whitfield-Calloway and President Mary Sheffield voting against funding ShotSpotter.
I still remember the common occurrences of police brutality as a frontliner throughout the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings. I can still feel the trauma sinking to the pit of my stomach and making my skin crawl with the tingling sensation of goosebumps when I think about it. I flashback to Aug.
Detroit City Council postponed a vote to expand ShotSpotter, a gunshot prevention technology, while officials consider a new funding source outside of federal dollars.