Opinion: Patrick Lyoya's death arose from needless confrontation
The officer who killed Patrick Lyoya had many options to avoid a one-on-one confrontation.
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The officer who killed Patrick Lyoya had many options to avoid a one-on-one confrontation.
About 50 police officers have gathered near protesters who have been blocking the Ambassador Bridge for six days.
About 50 police officers have gathered near protesters who have been blocking the Ambassador Bridge for six days.
"Rochester Community Schools District maintains a widespread custom or practice of contacting employers of ... parents who vocally oppose the decisions of the Board of Education," the suit claims. That contact is "an attempt to coerce, threaten, or manipulate said employers," according to the suit, which names Rochester Community Schools, School Board President Kristin Bull and Superintendent Robert Shaner. It seeks monetary damages, legal fees and an injunction against further retaliation against the plaintiff and a declaratory judgment that the district violated her First Amendment rights....
Parents across Michigan say they are unhappy with the education their kids have been getting during the pandemic and they want to see how schools plan to make up for lost time."What are we going to do with this time over the summer? What does our strategy look like as a state for the coming school year?" said Amber Arellano, executive director of the Education Trust-Midwest, a Royal Oak-based nonprofit that commissioned a poll of 400 parents statewide last month."We need a plan. We need to