In Rataj v. City of Romulus, plaintiff Michael Rataj, a Detroit-area attorney, learned that a Romulus police officer had assaulted a citizen who was under arrest while the citizen’s hands were handcuffed behind his back at the Romulus Police Department in the early morning of Aug. 1, 2012. It was later revealed that the arrested citizen had provoked the police employee by spitting on him and calling him a racial epithet. An employee of the police department confirmed that the assault did take place, and that it was caught on video. When Rataj requested a copy of the video under…
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How did the Michigan Court of Appeals rule in an interesting FOIA case? Find out in today's e-Journal
Tim Skubick: Will there be a Totten-Schuette debate in the attorney general race? We'll see
Incumbents typically don’t go around looking for a head to head with the opponent, but in this case, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette made the first overture.
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