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campaign concerns tonight for james
craig the republican front-runner in the
michigan gubernatorial race the former
detroit police chief acknowledging for
the first time possible issues with
signatures on his nominating petitions
the main concern here would appear to be
forged signatures all done by the same
set of people mara mcdonnell live
downtown tonight mara craig says if
there was fraud people should be charged
with that
he sure does devon and here's the thing
this isn't just an issue for the former
police chief essentially any campaign
that used this same signature gathering
outfit with the same people
is facing the same kind of problems
that's why you see so many challenges
i'm certainly not going to run from
these bizarre allegations about the
petition the former chief telling me
he's been on the phone with the ceo of
the companies hired to go out and gather
the signatures the company that we hired
i have every confidence of doing it
right and the people that are
investigating i feel comfortable with
them
however if it is discovered that those
signature gatherers tried to take the
easy way out and forged petitions
anybody did that they do need to be
charged craig's facing challenges from
the democratic party as well as a tudor
dixon aligned super pac the craig
petitions
are the worst petitions i've ever seen
and it goes beyond the forgery
i mean the defects in circulator
certificates in headings
duplicates
bad luck bad signatures i've never seen
such a mess getting signatures has been
a challenge this cycle a tight labor
market plus lousy weather there's an
issue with the people that are employed
at the level of getting the signatures
because they are compensated by the
number of signatures they get and
they're not worried whether they're
valid or not while craig johnson and
dixon are all facing challenges over
their petitions only craig is facing
challenges from democrats and
republicans the former chief told me
he's been dodging bullets his entire
career this is just a different kind i
don't get excited about polls
but i've led in all the gop candidates
and i mean double digit lead so i get
i'm a target on the gop side by my
opponents
back here live former chief may be
getting most of the you know attention
here right now but realize that perry
johnson also has a challenge to his
signatures they use the same signature
gatherers tudor dixon has an issue not
with her signatures but is being
challenged on the header of her petition
so you we're in a position kimberly and
devon where the state board of
canvassers could theoretically say that
all three of these people don't meet the
requirements and aren't going to be on
the ballot we're live downtown tonight
i'm mara mcdonald local 4. meanwhile
they're all spending money on their
campaigns while they sort of hang in
this kind of limbo right now so you and
i were talking about this issue in the
newsroom the other day
you're assuming we're going to have a a
decision here on this fairly soon right
that's right devin i mean
state board of canvassers scheduled to
meet at the end of the month i think the
question now is is this going to be a
one-day meeting or is this going to be
something that's going to go on for days
as they wade through the investigatory
reports from the bureau of elections
back to you huge implications all right
mara kim well they are metal detectors
designed for big crowds screening for
guns and knives and soon they'll be
coming to events all over detroit after
city council just approved the money to
buy 10 of them pamela osborne is live at
hart plaza tonight
so pamela those metal detectors are
going to be used for the first time at a
popular event there this summer
that's right kimberly the first time
we'll see them in action is going to be
at the fireworks then afterwards anyone
in the city throwing an event can
request to use one for free we spoke to
quite a few people who were out today
enjoying this warm weather who say this
new technology is enough to make them
turn out to some more events
everywhere is like scary now you never
like no brittany thomas says safety is
one of the first things she takes into
consideration before attending any event
the same goes for edward cheryl's junior
i have to admit there are some times
when i probably would get out more if i
felt a little safer their safety is top
of mind for detroit police as well after
hearing from community groups and
residents like cheryl's deputy chief
franklin hayes brought a proposal to
city council tuesday we hope this tool
is not the police department's tool but
the community's too the department asked
for and has received approval to
purchase 10 next generation metal
detectors the technology will pick up
on
metal signatures
of firearms and large knives you don't
have to end anything out of your pockets
you just walk right through each city
district will have its own and three
extras will be available for big events
like the fireworks
the unveiling or when we put these in
place will be at the upcoming fireworks
we will have the units in both heart
plaza as well as spirit plaza dpd plans
to have all 10 out that night i think
it's a really great idea it'll keep a
lot of people safe it's exactly what
deputy chief hayes had in mind providing
people with the assurances they need to
feel safe in an area that will be safer
there aren't anyone carrying illegal
firearms or weapons here i can enjoy
myself and not worry about being a
victim or an innocent bystander
and so all of this is going to cost a
little more than 1.3 million but one of
the things discussed as council went
over this proposal was that you can't
put a dollar amount of value on human
life if you want to know how you can get
one of these devices you have to reach
out to the department of neighborhoods
they can help get you in touch with
police who will come out and not only
set up the device for you but go over a
safety plan to make sure your event is
as safe as possible reporting live at
heart plaza i'm pamela osborne local 4.
hey pam thank you
plymouth canton schools hosting a
community forum tonight to address
recent incidents involving hate speech
it was a packed house at discovery
middle school tonight's meeting comes
just about one month after students at
salem high school staged a walkout after
a racist video was posted and shared on
social media after another incident in a
school the district reached out to
parents and students announcing it would
be holding a forum on hate and bias
i think the meeting was good i think it
was uh overdue
as a lot of times things are overdue we
we become reactive instead of proactive
but i think it was much needed to get
people out and get voices heard and
speaking about things like hate and
biases and racism in our schools and you
know from the from the staff down to the
students and just things that are
happening so we can start really
addressing them
most recent incident occurred on april
22nd when three posters containing hate
speech were discovered on campus
district notified police and say the
students involved have now been
identified
parents of oxford high school shooting
victims say they're upset the district
doesn't want an independent
investigation in the last november
school shooting the school board told
parents it's declining attorney general
nessel's independent review offer for
the second time the district says a
review of the shooting will not occur
until criminal and civil litigations are
complete but that's likely three to five
years away buck meer lost his son tate
mir in that shooting he says he's
frustrated by the district's decision
everybody wants to talk about oxford
strong and yada yada at the end of the
day oxford strong means
let's
let's take a look at this let's figure
out what went wrong
and let's change it because being
accountable is being strong
the district is facing at least four
state and federal lawsuits over that
shooting an illinois man who was found
with a teenage girl in oakland county is
now facing child porn charges 27 year
old damian newman was arrested over the
weekend at the hawk woods park and
campground in auburn hills sheriff's
office says the man was found with a
teenage girl from pontiac who had run
away from home
newman later admitted he arranged to
meet the girl after messaging on
snapchat investigators say they found
child porn on his cell phone he faces up
to seven years in prison if convicted
right now detroit police are trying to
figure out who killed a teenage girl
after her body was discovered on
detroit's west side her body was found
she had been shot to death inside a 2011
chevy malibu this was the scene this
morning on burnett street police believe
the girl is 16 years old they tell us
the car that she was found in is
connected to a carjacking if you've got
any information that might help call
detroit police or crime stoppers at
1-800 speak up tonight operation candy
man is complete all day we've been
tracking this massive crackdown led by
state police to get illegal prescription
drugs off the street
warrants were served in wayne oakland
and genesee counties our cameras were at
this particular raid today at the
lighthouse medical center on detroit's
west side investigators say nurses were
selling opioid prescriptions to patients
with no doctor on site
tens of thousands of illegal
prescription drugs that are out on the
streets here in in michigan they were
basically everybody knew i mean as soon
as we hit this door
there were citizens coming out of the
neighborhood giving the thumbs up and
nice job
right now five suspects are detained
also seven guns three cars and more than
a hundred thousand dollars taken by
state police investigators say they will
turn the case over now to the
prosecutor's office