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MSP says "It is standard procedure to secure a firearm by removing the magazine and unloading the weapon." Johnson's lawyer said that if police emptied the magazine, "There is no way that happened here, zero, and if it did... that’d be the biggest screw up of all time in investigation history"

One particular detail that raised alarm bells for Johnson's lawyers - the magazine of his gun. The incident report says it was collected "with eight (8) rounds in the magazine and one (1) round chambered," but the forensic lab report says it was received with an "empty magazine."

Long FOIA timelines lead to transparency questions in Grand Rapids after police shooting • Michigan Advance The city of Grand Rapids is currently being sued by the ACLU of Michigan for violating the Freedom of Information Act for taking nearly a year to respond to a request that the Grand Rapids Police Depa...

Happy #SunshineWeek from @michiganadvance.com, where (after waiting for responsive records and paying a deposit) the Grand Rapids Police Department says it could take until September to provide an incident report from last month's officer-involved shooting.
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Protectors and leaders: Michigan women at the center of the modern environmental justice movement  • Michigan Advance When Michigan wrestled with some of the worst environmental crises in the state’s modern history, women have been on the front lines fighting for residents and helping communities recover. From the ci...

For women's history month, the @michiganadvance.com team is highlighting the long line of Michigan women who've led environmental movements throughout the state. From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social @bensolis1.bsky.social and me:

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Romulus officials don’t want an ICE detention center. What can they really do to stop it? • Michigan Advance ICE is planning to open a new detention center in Romulus, a western suburb in metro Detroit, and both residents and local officials have expressed their strong opposition to that happening.  The path...

ICE is planning to open a new detention center in Romulus, and both residents and local officials have strong opposition. And while the path to slowing or stopping development of a federal facility is difficult at best, it doesn’t mean officials aren’t trying.

From @kdailey.bsky.social

Hundreds rally as Romulus council rejects ICE detention center plan • Michigan Advance The Romulus City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Monday night formally opposing the “establishment, construction or operation” of a new ICE detention center that is planned to open within t...

Prior to Romulus City Council unanimously passing a resolution Monday night formally opposing the a new ICE detention center planned for the city, hundreds of protestors, including a number of state lawmakers, gathered outside to demand a halt to the proposed facility.

From @kdailey.bsky.social

Detroit Police Department officer suspended over immigration call faced prior federal claims • Michigan Advance One of the two Detroit police officers who has been suspended for contacting Border Patrol during a stop has been a defendant in two lawsuits relating to his official conduct.  On Dec. 16, 2025, Offic...

Detroit Police Department officer suspended over immigration call faced prior federal claims

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From @kdailey.bsky.social

Family and community members dispute police narrative in fatal shooting of Grand Rapids man • Michigan Advance While multiple agencies continue to investigate Wednesday’s fatal shooting by a Grand Rapids police officer, the family of Da’Quain Johnson, 32, is disputing the narrative that authorities have given ...

While multiple agencies continue to investigate Wednesday’s fatal shooting by a Grand Rapids police officer, the family of Da’Quain Johnson, 32, is disputing the narrative that authorities have given about his death.

Story from @kdailey.bsky.social

Demystifying Deep Green's proposed data center near downtown Lansing • Michigan Advance A U.K.-based developer is pitching “a different kind of data center” in the state’s capital city— but residents remain skeptical. Developer Deep Green, in a partnership with Lansing’s publicly owned u...

Environmental and economic promises abound as U.K.-based Deep Green seeks a site in Lansing.

@kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social and @kdailey.bsky.social dig into what we know about the proposal, with many questions still unanswered.

Michigan Senate hearing on ICE accountability bills features emotional testimony, fiery debate • Michigan Advance Community leaders and advocates urged legislators to pass a set of bills seeking to limit the actions of federal immigration agents in a charged hearing of the Michigan Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary ...

“Our law enforcement agents should not be breaking down doors, entering churches, hospitals, schools, or courtrooms, with military weapons, and without traditional laws,” said Rep. Mai Xiong (D-Warren), whose bill would ban immigration enforcement in sensitive locations.

By @kdailey.bsky.social

Multiple parents detained by ICE in Ypsilanti around school campus, bus stops • Michigan Advance Multiple parents of students at Ypsilanti Community Schools were detained by ICE agents on Tuesday, according to a letter sent to the district by Superintendent Alena Zachery-Ross.  The arrests came a...

Multiple parents of students at Ypsilanti Community Schools were detained by ICE agents on Tuesday, according to a letter by Superintendent Alena Zachery-Ross. The arrests came after reports of ICE activity in Ypsilanti, specifically around the school campus.

By @kdailey.bsky.social

Detroit Red Wings add official ‘Pride Night’ title to final home game in April • Michigan Advance The Detroit Red Wings are officially hosting a Pride Night game in the 2025-26 season, adding that specific tag to the team’s game against the New Jersey Devils on April 11. The team made the change a...

Hockey news (yes, you read that right): the
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are adding a named Pride Night to their schedule as a part of their “People of Hockeytown” game. They’d previously been one of 3 teams without one scheduled. For
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Last year, I spoke to Dawn Levitt, a Michigan woman who had to have a second heart transplant after switching to a generic version of her immunosuppressant, and Dr. James Hancey, an Oregon psychiatrist who was so concerned about the ineffectiveness of some generics that he began a no-fly list.

“A Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories wh...

I'm always most grateful to the people who trust me to tell their stories. Today, two of those stories are being told in @propublica.org, along with many others:
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The implications of this - chilling effect on whistleblowers speaking to the press, reporters' ability to protect sources, etc — make me shudder.

(This is not normal)

Trump in Detroit claims prices are falling, attacks Fed and Democrats amid economic doubts • Michigan Advance DETROIT – President Donald Trump visited the Motor City on Tuesday to tout what he considered wins on the economy and other aspects of his second term, which have included a rough economic start, a br...

President Trump visited Detroit Tuesday to tout what he considered second term wins, despite persistent inflation, a brutal immigration crackdown that has led to the shooting death of an American citizen, and military attacks on several nations.

From @bensolis1.bsky.social

In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations • Minnesota Reformer As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis, her co-pilot and friend Patty O’Keefe scanned the passing vehicles with bi...

As thousands of immigration agents arrive in Minnesota, neighbors are working together to track, distract and protest ICE. The cat-and-mouse game between activists and agents is escalating as tactics change daily.

Five years after Jan. 6, many implicated Michiganders remain in power, showing lack of consequences • Michigan Advance Five years after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the culmination of weeks of effort by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, many of t...

“In many ways, I think that the pillaging of the federal government that has taken place in the past year has really been January 6, part two,” said Quinn Yeargain, a professor of the law of democracy at Michigan State University.

Story from @kdailey.bsky.social

Five years after Jan. 6, many implicated Michiganders remain in power, showing lack of consequences • Michigan Advance Five years after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the culmination of weeks of effort by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, many of t...

Five years post-Jan. 6, most of those involved in the attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election — in Michigan and nationwide — faced essentially no consequences. It shows the nation worked hard to move on, too fast according to some. @michiganadvance.com
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‘Punch in the gut’: Nurses at Beacon Kalamazoo hospital struggle under new, limited health benefits • Michigan Advance After Beacon, a chain of hospitals based out of northern Indiana, bought four Ascension Borgess hospitals in southwest Michigan in July, nurses at Beacon Kalamazoo hospital say that the new health ins...

After Beacon, a chain of hospitals based out of northern Indiana, bought four Ascension Borgess hospitals in southwest Michigan in July, nurses at Beacon Kalamazoo hospital say that the new health insurance offered to them is not meeting their needs.

From @kdailey.bsky.social

We're still reporting on ShotSpotter! If you have information about it, we want to talk to you. Have you been contacted by ShotSpotter to place a sensor on your property, or been stopped by police because of a ShotSpotter alert?

If so, contact me at kdailey@michiganadvance.com, Signal: @kdailey.07

Detroit Police officials overseeing gunshot sensors don’t know their locations — and say that’s fine • Michigan Advance When gunfire rips through some Detroit neighborhoods, ShotSpotter hears it first — but where exactly that signal comes from is a secret kept even from police. Critics of Detroit’s gunshot detection sy...

ShotSpotter gunshot detection tech has been used in Detroit since 2020 — but the police department doesn't have access to the locations of the sensors. They say that's not a problem for oversight. Others disagree. New from me today in @michiganadvance.com:
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Heritage Foundation targets ranked choice voting as Michigan petition gains momentum • Michigan Advance The far-right Heritage Foundation, whose Project 2025 dictated a number of highly controversial policies for the first year of the Trump administration, says ending ranked choice voting is among its p...

The far-right Heritage Foundation, creators of Project 2025, says ending ranked choice voting is among its 2026 priorities. Michigan is the only state with a currently circulating ballot petition and organizers say Michigan is now “ground zero” in the fight.

From @kdailey.bsky.social

Michigan House Republicans yesterday disapproved around $645 million in work project spending. Dems decried the process as untransparent and frustrations were obvious — see Rep. Samantha Steckloff's reaction to the vote, which occurred with no debate. Read here:
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My undergraduate thesis attempted to do what this fantastic tool now has created beautifully — understanding how and when media, across the ideological spectrum, covers trans communities. It's so important, especially now, as reporters and editors to examine how we're reporting on trans folks.

Two Eaton County families have adoptions finalized at tearful Adoption Day ceremony • Michigan Advance Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, judges and the members of two new Eaton County families all found themselves teary-eyed watching their adoptions finalized this week. Adoptions for three young ...

Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, judges and the members of two new Eaton County families all found themselves teary-eyed watching their adoptions finalized this week. Boxes of tissues were placed throughout the room for that very reason.

Story by @kdailey.bsky.social