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In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in a Detroit courtroom. Rev. Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption. The announcement Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, 2021, was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump’s White House term.
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In one of the final acts of his presidency… Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. He served more than seven years of a 28 year sentence in federal prison.
Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices.
White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows white people both at a collective and individual level to enjoy structural advantage and rights that other racial and ethnic groups do not.
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The 2020 U.S. presidential election was as tumultuous as the year itself. And Michigan played a major role, from serving as a closely-contested battleground state to Trump claiming without evidence that Detroit officials rigged the election against him.
Click the audio player above to hear the 2020 presidential campaign in Michigan from start to finish in the words of the candidates themselves, including the moments that made national news and the election’s controversial aftermath.
Michigan members of Congress called for “impeaching the m-f” long before the process began in the U.S. House. President Trump sent racist tweets involving a Michigan congresswoman.
Share December 17, 2020, 5:15 PM An internal anti-corruption shakeup by the Detroit Police that began 16 months ago has revealed narcotics unit fraud and embezzlement, a department official confirms.
WDET reporter-producer Eli Newman posts details from a recent Board of Police Commissioners meeting: Officers are accused of stealing money from crime scenes, falsifying search warrant affidavits and fraudulently reporting overtime. Those implicated in the scheme have either been terminated, resigned or retired from the force. In all, 15 targets of investigation including four sergeants no longer wear Detroit Police uniforms. Another two are suspended with pay while the U.S. attorney s office and Wayne County prosecutor consider criminal charges.