Black Lives Matter Movement

Harper Woods Mayor Kenneth Poynter has resigned after pressure mounted following a comment he made in a private meeting that he understands why a white person would become a white supremacist.

The pressure is mounting for Harper Woods Mayor Kenneth Poynter to resign after making a comment sympathizing with white supremacy while leading a city that is Black-majority.

Two people protesting against the reinstatement of the Shelby Township Police Chief were arrested on Wednesday for blocking traffic on Van Dyke. Demonstrators want to see Chief Robert Shelide's resignation and more transparency from the department.

Resident and community leader Jaye Hill was stunned upon hearing words allegedly spoken by Poynter.

The president listed Detroit among other cities as places he would send federal agents to quell violent protests staged in the city. He received a strong rebuke from the governor and attorney general.

Some employees walked off the job and into the streets of Detroit Monday demanding their workplaces prove they value Black lives.

A Detroit officer is facing three counts of felonious assault after he's accused of shooting and injuring three members of the media with rubber pellets during a Black Lives Matter protest.

An MLive photo showed the injury to Hester’s eye. Herald and Hatcher also reported injuries to their body from the rubber bullets. A call from their employer was made to Detroit Police Chief James Craig. 

Detroit artist Chazz Miller is updating some of his murals in Old Redford and the Artist Village amid the Black Lives Matter movement.

A Mejier employee in southwest Michigan said she wore a Black Lives Matter mask for a week but was told she had to take it off after one customer complained.

The legislation lowers the bar for officers to face criminal charges, diminishing qualified immunity and creates a national police misconduct registry. It also bans chokeholds and no-knock warrants.

After protests spiraled out of control from misleading information and children were shot earlier on Father's Day, a Detroit organization dedicated to combating gun violence wants to make sure the community keeps its focus on pertinent issues in the city.

Ray took her case to the NAACP and then-attorney Thurgood Marshall took it the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won, paving the way for desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education.

At Jefferson and E. Grand Blvd, the large group of about 30 demonstrators, blocked traffic on to Belle Isle for about an hour.

The activist group behind a racial profiling billboard is raising money to fund their request to obtain traffic stop data from the city of Livonia, where they allege police engage in racial profiling.

A trio of Detroit organizations is blown away after a fundraiser to help black farmers buy land in the city has raised much more than expected in just a few days.

Blackout Tuesday is a day of economic protest, with a grassroots campaign encouraging to only spend money at black-owned businesses on this day.