Chief: Probe finds racially divided Detroit police precinct
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s police chief says the department has fired a second white officer as part of an internal investigation that found racial insensitivity within one of its precincts.
The investigation was launched after one of the officers, Gary Steele, posted video on Snapchat during which he said “priceless” and “bye Felicia” as a 23-year-old black woman walked away because her car was stopped for having expired plates. The video had captions that read “What black girl magic looks like” and “celebrating Black History Month.”
Steele was fired a few weeks ago. Police Chief James Craig announced Tuesday that Steele’s partner, Michael Garrison, has also been fired after investigators found he had “repeatedly demonstrated disturbing actions while on the job,” including making disturbing comments about blacks and other minorities.
Craig says the audit revealed some officers in the 6th Precinct “felt the environment contained facets of racial insensitivities.”
The police union didn’t immediately reply to a phone message seeking comment.
Detroit woman sentenced in crash that killed 3-year-old son
DETROIT (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing death after her 3-year-old son was killed in an August crash in Detroit has been sentenced to 3 to 15 years in prison.
WDIV-TV reports 28-year-old Charlessia Pelt was given her punishment Tuesday in a Detroit courtroom. The Detroit woman apologized in court to her family, pleading for forgiveness.
Authorities have said that Michael Jones was not properly restrained in a child’s car seat in the rear of a minivan that barreled through a red light and struck a car. The collision ejected the boy into the street where the minivan rolled back over him. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Two other children in the minivan escaped serious injury.
Detroit Mercy Law Alumni Association Erin Go Law Networking Reception March 14
In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, the Board of Directors of the Detroit Mercy Law Alumni Association will host its annual Erin Go Law Networking Reception for lawyers, judges and law students from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in the atrium of the school’s Riverfront Campus, 651 E. Jefferson Ave. in Detroit.
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served.
RSVP at law-school.udmercy.edu/erin-go-law-reservation-form/.
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