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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police commissioners board members demand release of unedited footage of officers fatally shooting Porter Burks

Sascha Raiyn May 30, 2023

Members of Detroit’s police oversight board want the department to release un-edited video from the fatal shooting of Porter Burks.Listen...

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Detroit Police hold press conference describing the arrest of suspected gunman in random shootings.

Detroit Evening Report: Three Detroit police officers suspended after fatal shooting of Kiazia Miller

Nargis Rahman November 16, 2022

Listen and Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report NPR | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Last week, 27-year-old...

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Detroit Evening Report: Medical report finds Detroit police shot Porter Burks 19 times, family suing for $50 million

Nargis Rahman November 2, 2022

The family of Porter Burks, a Black man fatally shot during an early morning confrontation with Detroit police, is suing...

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Detroit police hold a press conference showing footage of the shooting of Porter Burks.

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police release footage of Porter Burks fatal shooting

Nargis Rahman October 5, 2022

Detroit police have released body camera video of the fatal shooting of Porter Burks, a Detroit man who charged at...

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