| May 26, 2021 
 Detroit police during the civil rights era used violence to enforce racial segregation with support from a justice system that deliberately shielded them from consequences. These are just some of the key findings of “Detroit Under Fire,” an exhaustive multimedia project from the University of Michigan’s Policing and Social Justice HistoryLab. The project unearths the hidden history of police brutality in Michigan’s largest city, relying on primary documents to create a groundbreaking catalog of fatal shootings and other incidents from 1957-1973. “Detroit Under Fire” documented 188 police homicides and 400 brutality and misconduct complaints. Those involved say the data is an undercount; the true number may be unknowable. READ MORE ►George Floyd remembered across Michigan on anniversary of his killing  The Michigan Senate passed a bill banning state or local health officers from mandating children receive COVID-19 vaccines. It would prohibit the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services or a local director from issuing emergency orders for minors to get vaccinated. The bill passed on partisan lines during session Tuesday. The bill now heads to the state House for consideration. While health departments across the state have not issued any such orders, some universities both public and private have called for required vaccinations before hitting campus in the fall. Though this bill would not apply to universities. READ  Now that a citizen committee has recommended replacing a controversial Civil War statue in Allendale, some activists and community members are calling on township leaders to immediately remove it. The Civil War statue depicts a Union and Confederate soldier standing back-to-back with a Black enslaved child at their feet. On Monday, the township’s Garden of Honor Memorial Committee unveiled its final recommendation for the controversial statue: remove the Civil War statue and replace it with one featuring three diverse Union soldiers standing side by side. READ MORE
 The city has agreed to sell its shuttered Flint Police Training Academy for $500,000 to a company that plans to convert it into a commercial marijuana grow facility. A divided Flint City Council approved the sale in a 5-4 vote Monday, despite protests that the property, which is zoned to allow a grow operation, wasn’t properly advertised for sale, a claim the city’s Department of Planning and Development denied. This was “absolutely fair and open bidding” and a “half-million dollars can do a lot for our city’s general fund,” council President Kate Fields said. READ  As Davison’s Bradly Rainwater steps off the landing pit, he’s met with congratulations by his fellow competitors after clearing the 9-foot-high bar. A senior at Davison High School, Rainwater is not unlike most high school pole vaulters; however, he competes under circumstances in which many would consider impossible. Rainwater is completely blind. “As far as I know, there’s only been three other people that’s done this and they had some sight,” said Brad Rainwater, Bradly’s grandfather and coach, “Brad’s the first one I know that has no sight at all.” WATCH HERE Get your local news 24/7 Connect with MLive
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