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Detroit city official resigns after racial comment referring to Trayvon Martin

theGRIO REPORT - A Detroit city official has resigned after allegedly asking if he could 'shoot someone in a hoodie'...

Carrieheals / October 16, 2013

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Post-bankruptcy filing: What’s happening to Detroit?

theGRIO REPORT - After facing an estimated $18 billion debt the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy Thursday, and has

Adriennegreen93 / July 24, 2013

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 Detroit march remembered 50 years later

DETROIT (AP) — Thousands participated in a Detroit march commemorating the 50th anniversary of one that Martin Luther King Jr.

Carrieheals / June 24, 2013

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Jury sees video of Detroit cop raid when girl shot

DETROIT (AP) - Jurors in the trial of a Detroit police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of

Adam Howard / June 4, 2013

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Detroit's emergency manager extends 'olive branch'

DETROIT (AP) - Detroit's new emergency manager offered a "sincere olive branch" Monday to local leaders who fought against creating

Adam Howard / March 25, 2013

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Kevyn Orr, bankruptcy expert, named Detroit emergency manager

theGRIO REPORT - The state’s emergency financial assistance board unanimously approved Orr an hour later making Detroit the largest city

Jay Scott Smith / March 15, 2013

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Dave Bing's legacy clouded by emergency manager threat

DETROIT (AP) - In basketball and in business, Dave Bing never side-stepped a challenge...

Carrieheals / March 8, 2013