Hakim Littleton s family, group demand credible probe of police shooting
The family of a man shot to death by Detroit Police is calling for a credible investigation into the incident ahead of Wednesday s announcement of a charging decision in the case.
Detroit Will Breathe and the family of Hakim Littleton issued the demand in a statement just hours before Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is scheduled to release her decision on whether criminal charges will be handed down in the shooting of Littleton last July.
Shortly after the shooting, police released video footage showing Littleton, 20, pointing and firing a gun at officers, but the group disputes the department s account of the incident.
by Allan Lengel
Coleman A. Young II Coleman A. Young II, who ran for mayor in 2017, leads in a poll of six potential candidates for Detroit City Council s two at-large seats. The poll, released Monday to Deadline Detroit, was conducted by Target-Insyght and comissioned by the Black Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party. It shows 25 percent of voters favor Young, followed by Councilman André Spivey with 18 percent and Councilwoman Janeé Ayers with 13 percent. The poll assumes Council President Brenda Jones, who currently holds one of the at-large seats, will not run this year as she has indicated. Ayers holds the other at-large seat.
Who’s new in the Michigan House of Representatives
Updated Jan 05, 2021;
Posted Jan 05, 2021
The House Chamber pictured at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on Thursday, April 25, 2019.Neil Blake
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The new legislative session brings with it substantial turnover for the Michigan House of Representatives, which will have 28 new lawmakers serving their first full terms in office.
Most of the freshman class will fill House seats vacated by members who hit their six-year term limit serving in the state House, although some defeated incumbents or are replacing members who sought other offices last fall.
Speaker-elect Jason Wentworth, R-Clare, and Democratic Leader-elect Donna Lasinski, D-Scio Township, will fill the leadership slots left open by the departures of former Reps. Lee Chatfield and Christine Greig.
He s really scared, she said.
Ferguson knows her husband could die in prison from the virus. COVID-19 should not be a death sentence, she said. If something happens and he dies from COVID, how sinister is that? Ferguson said. Why is it their fault, why do they have to die? That s sad.
Ferguson was one of a few dozen people who protested Friday outside the prison in Madison Township.
The protest was organized by state Rep. Jewell Jones, D-Inkster, and featured other state representatives, advocacy organizations and formerly incarcerated individuals who called for the immediate release of prisoners awaiting release and more humane treatment for all who are incarcerated.
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