Detroit bankruptcy sinks police abuse class action claim
The 2010 Detroit holding cell abuse suit against the police, potentially affecting 200000 people, was halted by the 2013 bankruptcy. Lawyers say a $100000 attorney payout and possible per person checks of about 40 to 1000 will not yield meaningful recovery, as the class is decertified and funds go to general creditors.
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Detroit
U.S
Cindy Tsai
Anthony Sabino
St. John’s University
New York
Brown
Tsai
Chuck Raimi
Sabino
Michigan Department of Corrections
Johnathan Brown
DPD
Father Buries Son After Travel Ban Separation
Ali Hassan laid his 2 year old son Abdullah to rest in an Islamic cemetery in California after the boy died following life support at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Abdullah’s Yemeni mother Shaima Swileh received a waiver and visa after CA advocacy group CAIR sued, highlighting the Trump administration travel ban’s impact on families.
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Lodi
Calif
United States
Ali Hassan
California
Central Valley
U.S
Abdullah Hassan
Ucsf Benioff Children’s Hospital
Oakland
Shaima Swileh
Hassan
Egypt
Yemen
Swileh
White House
Council On American-Islamic Relations
Basim Elkarra
Sacramento
State Department
Donald Trump
Saad Sweilem
The
Council
Abdullah
Baltimore’s long decline deepens as vacancies blot West Baltimore
In West Baltimore, rental blocks sit amid derelict houses valued by vandalism and fear. Residents like LaShelle Rollins describe isolation, crime, and unreliable police response as the city struggles with centuries of population loss, housing neglect, and stalled redevelopment efforts led by city and state programs.
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Baltimore
LaShelle Rollins
Rollins
America
Bethlehem Steel
U.S
Chicago
Maryland
Detroit
Newark
West
Beirut
Carol Ott
Michael Braverman
Department of Housing and Community Development
Braverman
Catherine Pugh
Pugh
Larry Hogan
Consum
Alan Berube
Brookings Institution
Seema Iyer
University of Baltimore
Jacob France
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Detroit Police Department
Thomas Ludington
Harlem Park
Nayeka Scott
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