After a terrorizing year when 130 homes in the Greenacres-Woodward community suffered invasions, dozens of residents formed a citizens band radio patrol back in 1987. It functions so well that the mayor of Detroit, several Detroit City Council members, the city clerk, police administrators and a hundred neighbors came to New Prospect Baptist Church to […]
At one point, the searches became so frequent young Benny Napoleon removed a car seat, so officers didn’t have to bother yanking it loose when they stopped him to look for guns or drugs. It was the early 1970s and Detroit Police STRESS (Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets) units, which would soon be disbanded […]
The killers don’t care. They don’t care about our tears. They don’t care about our pleas and exhortations. They don’t care about marches, protests, prayers, peace vigils or editorials. They don’t care about you. But we, as a community, as mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends and colleagues, we MUST CARE! To do less, to become […]