Michigan’s high court will review two cases involving Black teens who were photographed and fingerprinted by police despite the fact they were never charged with crimes.
Justices will hear arguments in the coming months. They are expected to rule on whether the police actions violated constitutional safeguards against unreasonable searches and seizures, the Supreme Court announced recently.
Black youth (Stock Photo. Pexels.com)
The hearings will focus on two separate incidents in which Grand Rapids police stopped the teens, photographed them, then had them fingerprinted.
It was part of a longstanding practice of police “photographing and printing” people without ID, even when there was no evidence of criminal activity. It came to be known as the “P&P” policy, according to the teens’ attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids-based Bethany Christian Services will begin adopting children to LGBTQ couples.
The announcement of a new inclusivity policy came Monday from Bethany, which as a faith-based organization previously did not adopt out to same-sex couples. It was first reported by The New York Times.
It had already been adopting to LGBTQ families in Michigan since May 2019, after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel reached an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan that would require the Michigan Department of Human Services to end state contracts with agencies if they discriminate against same-sex couples. The inclusivity policy includes the entire organization in-state and across the country.
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