MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A Macomb County jury acquitted former Warren Police officer James Burke of all charges Thursday, clearing him of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and related charges stemming from a 2024 high-speed crash that killed two men.
IMLAY CITY, Mich – The Lapeer County Prosecutor’s office has dropped a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery against Imlay City Police Sergeant Sean Leathers.
IMLAY CITY, Mich. (WJRT) – Two Imlay City police officers are facing criminal charges after being accused of using excessive force on a handcuffed 17-year-old last summer.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The attorney representing Grand Rapids police supported a prosecutor’s decision to not charge the two officers for Da’Quain Johnson’s death.
John Schoen is no longer facing any criminal charges for causing a crash with Whittemore’s mayor in 2021 while working on a federal terrorism investigation. Attorney Marc Curtis commented on the decision.
Officers who engage in misconduct should face a fair investigation and appropriate consequences. The concern arises when unsupported allegations are used to generate an investigation that can then be cited as a reason to question an officer’s credibility.
When they can’t beat the split-second decision, they put your tactics on trial with “Officer-created jeopardy:” the claim that your own tactical decisions created the danger, so the force that followed was your fault.
Officers are expected to risk their lives while operating in a system that may not fully support them. They’re not asking for special treatment, just for fairness.
We’ve noticed a dangerous trend developing across Michigan: administrators and prosecutors are turning departmental policy violations into criminal charges.
Watch our opening and closing statements from Officer James Burke’s trial.
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