‘He didn’t move,’ says student who witnessed restraint of 16-year-old killed at Kalamazoo facility
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KALAMAZOO, MI – When a student at Lakeside Academy was restrained by staff, the other students were told to look away.
But, they still saw parts of the 10-minute restraint that led to the death of 16-year-old Cornelius Fredricks on April 29, according to body camera footage from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety obtained by MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette through a Freedom of Information Act request.
“I turned around and I seen Corn or Cornelius throwing food and stuff at another student,” said one student interviewed by police. “Staff was telling him to stop doing it and he continued doing it. They tried to grab and restrain him and that’s when they restrained him … I left the cafeteria because I was upset.”
Alleged drink tampering at Kalamazoo bar prompts thousands to sign online petition
Updated Apr 19, 2021;
Posted Apr 19, 2021
Y Bar and Bistro located at 2941 Howard St in Campus Pointe across from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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KALAMAZOO, MI A Tik Tok video that went viral last week, prompting an investigation into alleged drink tampering at a Kalamazoo bar, has led to thousands to sign an online petition.
In the video, the woman speaking said late last week she and 14 others were drugged at the Y Bar & Bistro, located near WMU’s main campus in the Campus Pointe Mall at Howard Street and West Michigan Avenue.
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MLive Media Group wins 51 AP awards for 2020 coverage
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Protesters hold hands as they prepare for the police to disperse the crowd to enforce the 7 p.m. curfew at Fulton Street and Ionia Avenue in Grand Rapids on Monday, June 1, 2020. The Michigan National Guard, Michigan State Police and Grand Rapids Police are guarding the main artery of downtown after Saturday night s riot in which multiple businesses and government buildings were damaged and police cruisers burned. This photo was part of a photo story that won first place, as well as third place individually for Best Spot News Photo.Cory Morse
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