WDIV trying to fan some racial flames??

[km1125]

Tripped across a couple WDIV promos while I was flipping though channels. Sounds like WDIV is doing some kind of "Malice Green Week" next week, as they were talking about a bunch of different coverage they were doing on the story. Is it really a story anymore?? Did I really see those short clips, or was I just imagining it?

I'm thinking they're just trying to pour gasoline on the remaining embers of 'racial injustice' in the city that others (including Duggan and White) have been doing a great job at trying to snuff out and making it a safer place for everyone.

I tried to find some more info on their website but couldn't. Maybe I just missed it. If anyone has links or more info on what they're actually trying to do, I'm all ears. But if I was a bettin' man I'd say they were trying to foment a "burn, Detroit, burn" atmosphere for an upcoming hot summer so they have plenty of video for their cameras. In recent years we've "missed out" on all the action as places like Minneapolis, Atlanta, Ferguson, Kenosha, etc, devolved into chaos.

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Tripped across a couple WDIV promos while I was flipping though channels. Sounds like WDIV is doing some kind of "Malice Green Week" next week, as they were talking about a bunch of different coverage they were doing on the story. Is it really a story anymore?? Did I really see those short clips, or was I just imagining it?

I'm thinking they're just trying to pour gasoline on the remaining embers of 'racial injustice' in the city that others (including Duggan and White) have been doing a great job at trying to snuff out and making it a safer place for everyone.

I tried to find some more info on their website but couldn't. Maybe I just missed it. If anyone has links or more info on what they're actually trying to do, I'm all ears. But if I was a bettin' man I'd say they were trying to foment a "burn, Detroit, burn" atmosphere for an upcoming hot summer so they have plenty of video for their cameras. In recent years we've "missed out" on all the action as places like Minneapolis, Atlanta, Ferguson, Kenosha, etc, devolved into chaos.

4 Is generally pretty awful when it comes to the tabloidish in your face stuff… they also have a habit of making controversy or excitement out of thin air where none exists just to have something. Wouldn’t be surprised though I only vaguely remember Malice Green and wasn’t one of the officers Larry Nevers or something?

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

Tripped across a couple WDIV promos while I was flipping though channels. Sounds like WDIV is doing some kind of "Malice Green Week" next week, as they were talking about a bunch of different coverage they were doing on the story. Is it really a story anymore?? Did I really see those short clips, or was I just imagining it?

I'm thinking they're just trying to pour gasoline on the remaining embers of 'racial injustice' in the city that others (including Duggan and White) have been doing a great job at trying to snuff out and making it a safer place for everyone.

I tried to find some more info on their website but couldn't. Maybe I just missed it. If anyone has links or more info on what they're actually trying to do, I'm all ears. But if I was a bettin' man I'd say they were trying to foment a "burn, Detroit, burn" atmosphere for an upcoming hot summer so they have plenty of video for their cameras. In recent years we've "missed out" on all the action as places like Minneapolis, Atlanta, Ferguson, Kenosha, etc, devolved into chaos.

4 Is generally pretty awful when it comes to the tabloidish in your face stuff… they also have a habit of making controversy or excitement out of thin air where none exists just to have something. Wouldn’t be surprised though I only vaguely remember Malice Green and wasn’t one of the officers Larry Nevers or something?

I remember it vividly. It was on the news every night. It was around the same time as the LA riots. As a child, I was mortified. I will never get that tape out of my head. No one censored anything. He was beaten so badly.

Great coverage with Frank Turner: https://youtu.be/7HMYEgrv-ho?si=tsxpvSPAnYxPwfrY

[Mega Hertz]

Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers. I believe one of them has since passed. I vividly remember all of it, also.

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It should be brought back. It should never be forgotten. Not saying he was a great guy, but he didn't deserve to die for not opening up his hand. Absolute brutality. We're lucky we didn't have riots over it. I know it's hard for cops and they didn't have tasers back then, but that response was far too over the top -- obviously.

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Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers. I believe one of them has since passed. I vividly remember all of it, also.

Nevers died in 2013 apparently.

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They are running a story at 545pm on Thursday about people trying to make policing better and later airing an hour long special “30 years in the making” at 8pm on Local 4+.

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I agree with the OP. It shouldn’t be forgotten or dismissed, but let’s not keep fanning flames of a fire that seemingly is settling down in our city

[Bobbert]

I agree with the OP. It shouldn’t be forgotten or dismissed, but let’s not keep fanning flames of a fire that seemingly is settling down in our city

It seems to be a personal mission of Paula Tutman—something she wanted to do before taking Channel 4's buyout.

And on a final note, I think it is so incredibly and hauntingly poetic that the death of Malice Green was the very first big story I participated in covering when I arrived at Channel 4—and it will be the last big story I cover on my way out the door to early retirement.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/features ... day-night/

[unscopedaircheck]

Malice...FAFO

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I agree with the OP. It shouldn’t be forgotten or dismissed, but let’s not keep fanning flames of a fire that seemingly is settling down in our city

So in your opinion, does reminding folks about something they've forgotten about an example of fanning the flames you wish to extinguish?

[SolidGoldDancers]

So in your opinion, does reminding folks about something they've forgotten about an example of fanning the flames you wish to extinguish?

Maybe we could get to the forgetting part if black men stopped being killed by cops for dumb reasons, or no reason at all.

[MasterB]

I remember the trial of Malice Green on Pass Sports airing it in the morning & afternoons I didn't watch the coverage all that much. I was glad a couple of the officers were found guilty I know one of them asked the judge for his verdict instead of the jury trial.

[dial-it-in]

So in your opinion, does reminding folks about something they've forgotten about an example of fanning the flames you wish to extinguish?

Maybe we could get to the forgetting part if black men stopped being killed by cops for dumb reasons, or no reason at all.

Did you know more white men are killed by cops than black men? And by a significant number.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/585 ... e-by-race/
Its true that black men, as a percentage, are more likely to be killed by a police officer but that must also be combined with the fact that, as a percentage, they are more likely to be involved with a violent crime. The context of the death matters.

[CurlyHoward]

I remember the trial of Malice Green on Pass Sports airing it in the morning & afternoons I didn't watch the coverage all that much. I was glad a couple of the officers were found guilty I know one of them asked the judge for his verdict instead of the jury trial.

can the police kill you instead?