By then, Teter was already in a meeting with Nessel deciding what to do next. Since they had never received a single response from their own attempts to shed light on what was happening at the probate court, I hoped to discern why, while giving them an opportunity to be heard. What should have been a problem, what is a problem is the fact that Oakland County Chief Judge Kathleen Ryans brother James Ryan Jr.'s company Public Affairs Associates (PAA) has longstanding ties to Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer and was among thetop donorsfor her inauguration committee. Both officers falsely represented themselves as FBI agents during the incident. Both officers falsely. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper: "The Senator does not appreciate your constant attacks on the Attorney General." Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido: I can't help you. The Oakland Police Commission, made up of seven appointed residents, was created to oversee the police departments policies and practices, and the Community Police Review Agency, which investigates police misconduct.. Of course, the fix is much more complicated than that, and this too will be explored at a later date. In 2015, the Superior Court in Alameda County, California, quietly destroyed the criminal case files for three former Oakland police officers, known as the Riders, who stood trial for beating, falsely arresting, and framing dozens of African American men in the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Appeal has learned. It's the only message some people, agencies and entities understand. The allegations include that they frequently abused and harassed Oakland police staff, interfered in day-to-day operations and sought unlawful access to confidential documents. Gretchen Whitmer two years ago). Oct 30, 2019. Posted in: Uncategorized Trump couldn't afford it, having beaten Clinton four years ago by just 10,704 votes, or about two-tenths of 1% of the vote. Please take a moment to explore these programs below. In addition, outside law enforcement . With Detroit having turnout not seen in 20 years and turnout upsignificantly in both Oaklandand Wayne counties relative to 2016, Biden's margins in those counties he won in Oakland 56%-42%, compared with Clinton's 52%-34% and in Wayne 68%-31% to Clinton's 67%-29% more than made up the difference. In doing so, he swampedTrump's advantage in rural and olderindustrial areas with massive turnout, especially in Oakland and Wayne counties, which alone gave him more than 158,000 more votes than Clinton won in them. Juvenile (delinquency/abuse neglect) - 248-766-7533. SAN FRANCISCO Three Bay Area men, including a justice activist who billed himself as a youth mentor just 11 days after . So, prior to the meeting, my team and I reached a decision that if Moody was going to get involved, our best course of action was to provide the proof of our findings but protect the alleged victims and their families by: A) Redacting the names and case numbers from documents. His case file remains in the archives of Los Angeless court system. Subscribe to our newsletters for regular updates, analysis and context straight to your email. He fought back and ended up with a reprimand. As part of his plea deal, Perez turned states evidence and accused dozens of other LAPD officers of misconduct. The power of the Purple Gang, the. Record turnout of 5.5 million, larger than that seen in the election of 2008,drove his victory, predicted the statewide winner for governor or president in the last sevenelections and 17 of the last 20, And that's in a county, like Kent, where Trump held a rally on the last day of the campaign, the former accounting for 6% and the latter 5% in the Free Press' last poll of the campaign, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The destruction of the Riders files is also an erasure of an extraordinary case of corruption that ended with the Oakland Police Department placed under a federal judges oversight. Richholt did not respond to a request for comment. The case led to a parallel civil rights lawsuit brought by. One of the firearms found in the car was a shotgun that Neely and Richholt allegedly seized from an East Oakland mans house earlier in the day in a warrantless search. So, I continued my work with the security that its results, pending rigorous fact-checking, had a home. No other county in the region or the state has had as many corruption cases the as Wayne and Macomb counties. The case led to a parallel civil rights lawsuit brought by 119 victims of police misconduct that ended in 2003 with the Oakland police being placed under a federal consent decree. With millions of those votes cast in the weeks before Election Day, it entirely changed the face of the campaign, and Avery wonders whetherit won't change things for good. The Oakland city attorneys office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Nothing that was goingto happen in the last couple of weeks was going to change those votes.". OCSO in the Community. True to form, it was a downright bizarre four hours during which our summary of findings was received with moments which ran the gamut between receptive and defensive. The judgesdecided on a sample of 2,278 guardianship and conservatorship cases my team and I reviewed. I didn't quote him at the time but there were more than a few moments I wanted to blurt out "Well let me tell you, with a trespass on credulity that excels your best, that we do have the evidence. As to why that should be the case, Porn said, "I think it's unique to the character of Donald Trump and how he is perceived. This request came because, according to news reports, Millers attorney claims there was no criminal intent with his interaction related to the larger case of alleged misuse of forfeiture funds by Smith. In winning Michigan, data from the Secretary of State's Office indicatedBiden, nowthe president-elect,added nearly 522,000 votes to those won by Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016. The press conference was Monday morning. "That tells me some of those folks in Oakland County are turned off by Trump himself but would support Republican principles, at least as John James was pushing them," Dulio said. In 2015, the Alameda County Superior Court destroyed the case files for Neely and Richholt, erasing the only public record of the incident aside from media reports. Required fields are marked *. Republican voters, though, as well as Democratic ones, are clearly not monolithic. B ) During the meeting, allow the AGs staff to review, but not keep, the documents. The Appeal was unable to contact Neely. After all, the families had already agreed to go on the record with their stories. On the morning of March 25, I paused to watch Nessels presser on Facebook. Recent headlines have been focused on several public officials, including four from the Detroit City Council, three from the Detroit Police Department and three from Macomb County. Nessel, Bernstein and Cavanaugh attended Listening Sessions across Michigan during which seniors and their families could tell their stories, within three-minute reason. Originally, the oversight was to last five years, but the police department has been slow to achieve reforms. Leland admitted to accepting the cash when he pled guilty. This is producing unnecessary drama and complications so at this point Im asking you to skip efforts to attend. One attorney who did described sanctions and threats of Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission complaints from both the PAs and the judges. Former LAPD officer Rafael Perez was convicted in 2000 on state felony charges for stealing eight pounds of cocaine from an evidence locker. Charges were filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney against Sgt. On the morning of March 21, I interviewed Senator Pete Lucido (R). Chapter 5: The Runaway. Far from the Michigan election being stolen from Trumpas he claims, the president did a remarkable job of energizing support, especially, but not only, in older industrial and rural parts of the state. This year, Biden won 60%-40% and there were 1,500 voters. Mar 02, 2022. I was quite surprised when, almostimmediately I heard back from her Communications Director Kelly Rossman-McKinney asking if my team and I would be willing to meet with a long list of Nessel staff members in order to overview our findings. A documentary crew with exclusive access follows the new leadership with the cold case team devoted to Morgan's case. OAKLAND Former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against the city on Wednesday, alleging she was fired in retaliation for exposing corruption and. The Appeal was unable to locate Valerga for comment. Nessel claimed that the Task Force was working in concert with the Supreme Court Justices. But police commission Chair Regina Jackson said in an interview Wednesday that she wasnt aware of any whistleblowing at the time they fired the chief. The three officers, who patrolled West Oakland together on the graveyard shift in 2000, were accused of violating the civil rights of innocent suspects by illegally detaining them, planting drugs. Under the guardianship of Macomb County Public Administrator Robert Kirk and his wife Cathy, they were literally fenced inside their own home. The playing field changed when Tim was abducted, right after Patterson described Busch's arrest in yet another child rape case in northern Oakland County. In Macomb County, the recent names making headlines for alleged public corruption are former Macomb County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Smith, former Macomb County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Ben Liston and suspended Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Derek Miller. At least two other cases identified by The Appealone involving officers Eric Richholt and Mark Neely Jr., the other involving Richard Valergahave also been destroyed. But the Riders wasnt the only criminal case file involving Oakland police corruption destroyed by the Alameda County Superior Court. Many of the judges are in cahoots with the Friend of the Court workers. I did so immediately with no response. Former LAPD officer Rafael Perez was convicted in 2000 on state felony charges for stealing eight pounds of cocaine from an evidence locker. The March 12 meeting had yielded no comment to any of my questions concerning what was allegedly happening in Oakland County and statewide nor had Nessel, herself, been present. Besides, when you are investigating alleged public corruption, you lose your belief in the coincidental. Seven points (the margin between the two candidates in the poll) is not representative of the gap (in the election). The second trials of Mabanag and Siapno also ended in hung juries. Its a high-level review of elder care issues. His case file remains in the archives of Los Angeless court system. Kinzinger, the attorney, told The Appeal that because the Riders trials ended with hung juries and the court dismissed the cases after 60 days, the retention requirement for the case files dropped to three years from 50. Why are you working with them?. "The Trump surge came at the end and he couldn't quite catch up to Biden's advantage," he said. Last week, Andre Spivey pled guilty to federal bribery charges and admitted he and an aide received almost $36,000 in bribes. Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute Executive Director and author of the Stealth Game report Abdinoor Dima Jillo, member of the Borana Council of Elders in Isiolo County, Kenya Isaiah Biwott, community member Tugen community, Baringo County, Kenya Violet Matiru, Executive Director, Millennium Community Development Initiatives, Kenya Host: Andy . She previously covered the Tri-Valley cities of Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore and Danville. Almost immediately, they are forced from their homes and into long-term care facilities or unlicensed group facilities with subhuman living conditions. I checked with my editor at the Free Press who gave an enthusiastic green light. The journalists in attendance were, justifiably, appalled and, in the end, Burgio ended up getting far more ink than Nessel. On Nov. 16, 2000, Officer Harper was acquitted of all charges after a month-long trial. Political parties have to realign their messaging," she said. The Oakland police fired Valerga after he was criminally charged. I was already looking into Macks background when Catallo broke Bob and Barbs story. In 2000, Ortiz, Liddy, and Buchanan were convicted by a Los Angeles County jury of framing gang members and planting evidence. The U.S. Supreme Court has explained that the rule extends to any favorable evidence known to others acting on the governments behalf in the case, including the police.. Four years ago, he rode a level of support in rural and older industrial areas, especially those with large swaths of white voters, unlike that seen since Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, decrying trade deals and blustering that he'd force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern border. In total, there have been at least 32 public corruption charges since 2016 in Southeastern Michigan that involve either an elected official or a public employee. In Oakland County, the state's second largest county, turnout was nearly 75%, higher than the 72% seen in 2008; in Detroit which is getting smaller and the rest of Wayne County, turnout . Really? Accepting what "is" here is NOT acceptable. Clinton won the Democratic-leaning region 55.8%-39.9% for Trump four years ago. In addition, former Detroit Councilman Gabe Leland pled guilty to misconduct in office in May of 2021, and he resigned from City Council following the plea. I think it is going to take a whistleblower with some damn good evidence, going to the DC feds. by Nicole Audrey Spector Sure, the president of the United States wields immense power, as does the average member of the Senate and House of Representative, but when it comes to unchecked lawlessness, abuse of authority and corruption, they've got nothing over the county sheriff. What is fundamentally clear is that neither the Free Press nor Nessel wanted me there asking anything specific. Miller recently asked for the misconduct in office and conspiracy to commit a legal in an illegal manner charges against him to be dropped. Bill Ballenger: The blue AMC Gremlin, child killer. Corruption cases have long riddled the Metro-Detroit region and in an upcoming post we will detail the ones that have been brought to the public eye since 2016. ), I felt like Adlai Stevenson staring down Ambassador Zorin. The president, meanwhile, has repeatedly shown himself to be a political marvel, defying odds and proving pundits, handicappers and pollsters wrong. In 2000, rookie officer Keith Batt and his training officer Clarence Mabanag rampaged through West Oaklands Black neighborhoods. In my national background research, I spoke to families in Washington and Oklahoma who said that reporters who had been committed to investigating guardianship issues, in those states, were suddenly told by their editors to stop. There were moments when, for example, I tried to raise the subject of Moody and Teter immediately shut me down. Because it isnt worth it., I dont imagine any appeals to your conscience or journalist integrity are worth it, I added. In 2000, Ortiz, Liddy, and Buchanan were convicted by a Los Angeles County jury of framing gang members and planting evidence. I emailed my editor again with no response. Since Ayers, Benson and their chief of staffs have not been charged with any crimes they were not included in the total number of regional corruption cases since 2016. Her work has won or been nominated for four successive Chicago Press Club awards, been recognized by the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Journalists (NLGJA), and covered topics such as. It is one of the 80 key precincts identified by Tim Kiska, an associate professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn who does election analysisfor the Free Press, as representative of the direction the state may take in a given election. He said hed received no announcement but would check with his colleagues on the government beat. Biden was also able to flip Kent and Leelanau, though, two more traditionally Republican counties (though both also voted for Gov. Destroying files relating to police misconduct may damage the publics knowledge of police corruption, LaDoris Cordell, a retired Santa Clara County judge and former independent police auditor for San Jose, told The Appeal. Much of his bluster was false rhetoric. In addition to members of the Detroit City Council being investigated for possible crimes related to public corruption tied to City towing policies, so are three members of the Detroit Police Department. The department remains under a federal judges authority and bound by a settlement agreement that details numerous reforms. The meeting was set for March 12. They had a history of superlative reporting which seemed to substantiate that. He is a man to whom I will be indebted for the rest of my life. An outspoken, genuine sort of bloke, he pushed back on the notion that nothing had been done about alleged probate corruption. I couldnt vote for her but, damn, was I ever inspired that a fellow member of the LGBT community had so passionately reached to rarely attained heights. While he pled guilting to this federal corruption charge in January of 2021, he has yet to be sentenced, in part because of his ongoing public corruption case with the State Attorney Generals Office. The chief of staffs for Ayers and Benson are also included in this investigation but have not been charged. Chapter 4: The Investigating Prosecutor. Darwin BondGraham Feds file obstruction case against ex-W. Bloomfield schools official . And, given the hands-off approach of Michigan officials (with the exception of Wayne County, MI) and the Detroit bureau of the FBI, there's a very good chance we will never fully understand the lengths public officials and police went to in Oakland County, Michigan, to put economics and reputation ahead of child welfare. The pair and other officers brutalized and planted drugs on suspects and filed false police reports resulting in wrongful convictions. Well let me say something to you, we do have the evidence.. Since the inception of the consent decree, the agency has cycled through 10 police chiefs, all of whom have failed to fulfill the reform programs mandates. The families got the same response from Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper, the Michigan Attorney Grievance and Judicial Tenure Commissions, state and local police and the Detroit office of the FBI. We have concerns that the First Amendment right of access to court records may be violated by a statute providing for so short a period before records are destroyed, Kinzinger, whose firm serves as general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition, wrote in an email. However, theres always the unexpected. As for Smith, he pled guilty to a federal obstruction of justice charge for covering up theft from his campaign fund. OAKLAND COUNTY. "People didn't like her. This case involving Spivey is connected to a larger investigation related to its towing operations. Fired Oakland police chief sues city for, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Chart: Bay Area rainfall totals for this week, Fired Oakland police chief sues city for alleged retaliation for exposing corruption, abuse of power. By that, we're talking about the fact that while third party candidates played an oversize role in the 2016 election, with Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein taking about 5% of the vote, they accounted for just a little over 1% in this election. This year, 1,311 voters cast ballots, andit was Trump 49.4% to 49.1% for Biden. Biden, for instance, did far better than Clinton did in some other areas, and in some of them may have been helped by forces outside hisor Trump's control. In Los Angeles County, the superior courts criminal division retained files for several former officers who were charged in the Rampart scandal, where anti-gang officers in a downtown precinct were accused of unprovoked shootings and beatings of suspects, as well as planting evidence and stealing drugs then turning around and selling them on the street. At least, thats what it says on the professions cereal box. By the morning of Friday March 22, I was getting nervous. Michael Buchanan, and Officer Brian Liddy. And his percentage of the overall vote actually declined slightly. From the outset, Nessel ran with the often used talking point that the majority of the abuse of Americas seniors occurs at the hands of family members or friends. If you have been arrested for public corruption, criminal defense lawyer J. Dallo at Dallo Law, P.C. In Livingston County, for instance, Trump won by 23 points but that was 7 points worse than he had done against Clinton. From one standpoint, Biden didn't overachieve: Where Trump in 2016 flipped a dozen counties from blue to red, Biden flipped only three. Valergas conduct was so egregious that investigators in his own department thought he should be punished to the full extent of the law. That piece concluded that history indicated that anytime a Democratic presidential or gubernatorial candidate won betterthan 56% in metro Detroit defined as Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties he or she would win the state. In Oakland County, the state's second largest county, turnout was nearly75%, higher than the 72% seen in 2008; in Detroit which is getting smaller and the rest of Wayne County, turnout was 62%, just under that seen in the 2008 election. "I was just thinking that the Biden campaign nurtured the blue wall and cultivated it," said Wielhouwer. You shared the chart of the home sales information with me and it included one sale that was over $100,000 below the market value. At least, not in my rose-tinted world. I called my editor at the Free Press. themselves as FBI agents during the incident. The Oakland Police Department has been under a nearly two-decade-long federal oversight program as a result of the Riders case, in which officers were accused of beating and planting drugs on West Oakland residents. After all, less than a week after Nessels office asked to meet with me, the Detroit-area Task Force raided the Taylor, Michigan City Hall and the Attorney General herself released a note congratulating them. Yet she, somehow, forgot to mention to them the evidence my team and I brought to her staff and years of complaints to her office, and that of her predecessor, by wards and their families. The sole remaining court record of the Riders case is related to officer Frank Vazquez, known to his fellow officers as Choker because he frequently grabbed people by their necks. Throughout the trials, the Oakland Police Departments internal culture was examined in detail, as were political decisions by city leaders to undertake a zero tolerance crackdown on drug dealers, which community activistsand even the Oakland police unionblamed for stoking violence by street cops. California law also includes a provision that allowed the Riders case files to be destroyed after just three years. Besides, there were Attorney General appointees allegedly engaged in unimaginable elder abuse and that wasn't high level enough? In 2000, Vazquez fled the country before he was arraigned on 18 felony counts including kidnapping, assault, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. You told me you would never back down to anyone. After all, Rossman-McKinney hadnt risen to her position without the usual, required Machiavellian dexterity. Angela Ruggiero covers criminal justice and the Alameda County Superior Court. The Friend of the Court workers are not accurate in their reporting of the facts and they are defrauding children and their parents of justice. In suburban Oakland County, meanwhile, Biden's support grew by 91,000 votes though the president isn't making claims about trucks pulling up in the dead of the night there. I have to come to the conclusion that there is a certain lie factor, a certain unwillingness of Trump voters to express themselves.". The Truth About Marijuana and the Criminal Legal System, Florida Cops Nearly Sent a Five-Year-Old to Jail, When It Comes to Reporting Deaths of Incarcerated People, Most States Break the Law, M. Forrest Behne, Craig Waleed, Meghan Peterson, and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Gay And Trans Panic Is Still Being Used To Justify Anti-LGBTQ Attacks. In 2003, the first trial ended in a hung jury. Meanwhile, a small contingent of family members set out for Lansing to stand outside her offices and plead their case to any passing journalists. "We're committing Oakland County - our employees, our resources, our programs and services, to making a real and measurable impact in the areas that matter most, All ways, moving forward." County Executive, David Coulter. For instance, look at East Bay Township Precinct 1 in Grand Traverse County. 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