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Ballot Access for Redistricting Proposal
July 31, 2018In an effort to end the extreme partisan gerrymandering that threatens to undermine the legitimacy of our system of representative government, the ballot committee Voters Not Politicians submitted more than 425,000 signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the November 2018 ballot.
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Seven-Year-Old Handcuffed at School
July 31, 2018In 2015 a Flint police officer assigned to work at an elementary school handcuffed Cameron McCadden, a seven-year-old child with a disability, when he did not immediately respond to the officer’s instruction. Cameron was not a threat to himself or others and was handcuffed for nearly an hour sole
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Police Photograph and Fingerprint Without Probable Cause
July 30, 2018Keyon Harrison, an African American 16-year-old, was walking home from school when he saw another youth with a model truck and paused to look at it. Grand Rapids police, who later claimed that two youth looking at a toy truck is so suspicious that it justifies a police investigation, stopped Key
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Funeral Home Director Fired for Being Transgender
July 20, 2018Aimee Stephens worked as director of a Detroit-area funeral home for six years, responsible for preparing and embalming bodies. Although she is transgender, she initially hid her female appearance and identity from her employer during her employment, presenting as male. When Ms.
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