Law Archives - The Handbuilt City

Real Estate Policy Urban Planning Law

The Morouns Tore Down A Warehouse For More Truck Parking. Really. [EDITED]

July 9, 2021July 14, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments BSEED, building department, city of detroit, city of detroit government, climate change, corktown, criminal negligence, david bell, Detroit, drainage, drainage assessment, duggan, duggan administration, enforcement, flooding, hardscaping, impervious surfaces, industrial slumlords, manuel moroun, matty moroun, Michigan Central Station, mike duggan, moroun, moroun clan, moroun empire, municipal incompetence, pervious surfaces, rain tax, Regulation, slumlords, southwest detroit, southwest solutions, ted bundy, west side industrial

Walking from home to Corktown last night in search of food and drink with some out-of-town visitors who were eager

Movements & Organizing Government Law

“I Thought It Would Be Worse,” said a Detroit cop of a protest last year. “I Wanted More.”

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments black lives matter, chief james craig, civil rights, CS, Detroit, detroit east side, detroit mayor mike duggan, detroit police, detroit police chief james craig, detroit police department, detroit west side, detroit will breathe, documentary, federal lawsuit, george floyd, george floyd protests, george gorman, gratiot avenue, james craig, james demps, jon talbert, kate levy, kate levy documentarian, lawsuit, less lethal bullets, litigation, mariah erard, mayor mike duggan, mcnichols rd, mike duggan, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police violence, riot control, riot gear, rosa parks transit center, rubber bullets, tear gas, todd bettison

CONTENT WARNING: The 22-minute video and the clips I’ve taken from it below include some disturbing and extremely graphic imagery,

Movements & Organizing Law

NLG Files Lawsuit Against the Detroit Police

April 12, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments black lives matter, BLM, chief james craig, david a. robinson, david robinson, detroit police, detroit police chief james craig, detroit police department, detroit will breathe, detroit will breathe lawsuit, james craig, legal observer, national lawyers guild, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police violence, protest, protest movements, tristan taylor

Attorney David A. Robinson and Detroit representatives of the National Lawyers’ Guild (NLG) held a press conference today in downtown

Politics Public Safety Law

Taxpayers Spend Hundreds of Millions Per Year On Police Brutality Settlements. That Money Could Be Better Spent.

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 538, 911, 911 calls, amelia thomson-deveaux, black lives matter, corktown, damini sharma, Detroit, detroit will breathe, detroit will breathe lawsuit, fivethirtyeight, hulk hogan gawker lawsuit, hulk hogan lawsuit, laura bronner, lawsuit, lawsuits, litigation, nate silver, new york city, nonviolent crimes, police abolition, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police lawsuits, police reform, police violence, police violence lawsuits, settlement, settlements, springfield mass, violent crimes

A new article from FiveThirtyEight looks at the staggering sums of money taxpayers are liable for in police brutality lawsuit settlement in 31 American cities. The data are unsurprisingly incomplete, and unsurprisingly appalling.