CRIME & SAFETY
A Michigan Cop Resigned After He Was Recorded Using Racial Slurs And Buying Drugs. Then He Got Rehired
There’s a reason why there are so many people, especially Black people, who believe the entire system of policing in America needs to be thrown away. It’s not just about racist cops. And it’s certainly not about reducing the problem to “a few bad apples.” It’s about an entire rotten orchard full of police departments protecting cops from accountability, giving them a near-infinite benefit of the doubt, and, of course, rehiring them after they lost their jobs over racism, gross misconduct or both.
PCS will continue to fund a full-time resource officer
PINCKNEY — The Pinckney Community Schools Board of Education last week approved a three-year, $225,000 contract with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department to continue the district’s resource officer program. With unanimous board approval, the new contract will be in place at the start of the 2024-25 school...
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