George HunterThe Detroit News Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon has been hospitalized with low oxygen levels after testing positive for COVID but is making improvements, his daughter said Saturday."Nurses reported improvements in my dad’s condition from early morning to early afternoon,"  Tiffani Jackson said Saturday night on her father's Facebook page. "It was said that he’d made a 'huge improvement!''Jackson said earlier in the day that Napoleon was not on a ventilator and was awake but had low oxygen levels."All the other symptoms have subsided," she said.The sheriff's...…George HunterThe Detroit News Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon has been hospitalized with low oxygen levels after testing positive for COVID but is making improvements, his daughter said Saturday."Nurses reported improvements in my dad’s condition from early morning to early afternoon,"  Tiffani Jackson said Saturday night on her father's Facebook page. "It was said that he’d made a 'huge improvement!''Jackson said earlier in the day that Napoleon was not on a ventilator and was awake but had low oxygen levels."All the other symptoms have subsided," she said.The sheriff's...WW…

The Detroit News Detroit's violent crime rate led the nation among big cities in 2019, despite the city's numbers dropping.Last year, 13,040 violent crimes were reported to police — murder, rape, assault and robbery — in Detroit compared with 13,478 in 2018, a 3% drop, according to the released Monday morning. It occurred as violent crime nationwide dropped 0.5% last year.But Detroit's rate of 1,965 violent crimes per 100,000 people placed it highest among cities with more than 100,000 residents, followed by St. Louis, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee; and Baltimore,...…The Detroit News Detroit's violent crime rate led the nation among big cities in 2019, despite the city's numbers dropping.Last year, 13,040 violent crimes were reported to police — murder, rape, assault and robbery — in Detroit compared with 13,478 in 2018, a 3% drop, according to the released Monday morning. It occurred as violent crime nationwide dropped 0.5% last year.But Detroit's rate of 1,965 violent crimes per 100,000 people placed it highest among cities with more than 100,000 residents, followed by St. Louis, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee; and Baltimore,...WW…

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The Detroit News Detroit — "Tremendous tension" over being forced to stay at home in response to the COVID-19 virus emergency contributed to a bloody weekend in Detroit that ended with four people killed and 25 others shot, the city's police chief said Monday.From Friday to Sunday in Detroit, there were five double shootings, a triple shooting, and a "mass shooting" at a party in which five people were shot, police Chief James Craig said Monday during a press conference at Public Safety Headquarters.While Craig said the stay-at-home order imposed by Gov. Gretchen...…The Detroit News Detroit — "Tremendous tension" over being forced to stay at home in response to the COVID-19 virus emergency contributed to a bloody weekend in Detroit that ended with four people killed and 25 others shot, the city's police chief said Monday.From Friday to Sunday in Detroit, there were five double shootings, a triple shooting, and a "mass shooting" at a party in which five people were shot, police Chief James Craig said Monday during a press conference at Public Safety Headquarters.While Craig said the stay-at-home order imposed by Gov. Gretchen...WW…

The Detroit News The state’s top law enforcement officer says she will allow local police to “exercise their best judgment” about whether to enforce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-home edict until a lawsuit challenging the governor's emergency powers is decided in court.In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Whitmer on Thursday until May 28, although the Republican-led Legislature claims the extension had expired, and that her decision to continue it is void because it required lawmakers' approval.GOP lawmakers claim because the state of emergency is no longer in effect, the...…The Detroit News The state’s top law enforcement officer says she will allow local police to “exercise their best judgment” about whether to enforce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-home edict until a lawsuit challenging the governor's emergency powers is decided in court.In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Whitmer on Thursday until May 28, although the Republican-led Legislature claims the extension had expired, and that her decision to continue it is void because it required lawmakers' approval.GOP lawmakers claim because the state of emergency is no longer in effect, the...WW…