A Michigan story getting a lot of attention for reasons you can probably figure out on your own is headlined: “10-year-old Grosse Pointe Park boy walked to school every day for 4 years.” The story adds: “He plans to keep the streak going.” It’s a real headline, a real kid, and a real indication of all […]
Graham Filler, a state legislator in Michigan, describes two recently enacted civil forfeiture bills as a “reform” that closed a dangerous “loophole.” In reality, the new laws open a dangerous loophole by authorizing forfeiture of cash carried by travelers at Michigan airports without a criminal conviction. That change represents a substantial reversal of reforms that Michigan […]
A Michigan couple says their town seized a building they owned and then demanded that they buy two cars for the police department to get their own property back. The case, first reported by WXYZ Detroit, began in December of 2020 when the mayor of Highland Park and the police chief dropped by a 13,000-square-foot […]