Three
candidates
for
Washtenaw County prosecutor
spoke to a group of about
60
community
members
regarding
the
upcoming
election for county prosecutor
at the Arrowwood Community
Center in Ann Arbor on Sunday
afternoon.
Arrowwood
Democratic
Party hosted the event, which
was moderated by Ann Arbor
City
Councilmembers
Anne
Bannister, D-Ward 1, and Jeff
Hayner, D-Ward 1.
The candidates — Arianne
Slay, Hugo Mack and Eli Savit —
emphasized a need for change
to the current local prosecution
system and proposed unique
plans to solve criminal justice
problems facing Washtenaw
County.
Slay
spoke
first
about
her
platform,
arguing
that
Washtenaw
County
is
at
a
crucial
moment
and
underscoring
the
need
to
reform the criminal justice
system.
“The
criminal
justice
system of Washtenaw County
is at a point of catastrophic
institutional failure,” Slay said.
“And that’s a big statement. We
have policies in place in our
current administration at the
prosecutor’s office that have
reinforced these institutional
harms. We have a lack of
flexibility, we have a lack of
looking at our community in the
same respect that we have not
just humans on the prosecution
side with our victims but we
have humans on the other side,
we have lost compassion and
empathy and I will bring that
change back.”
Slay asked attendees to back
her campaign, emphasizing the
changes she would implement if
elected.
“I’m not just asking for your
support today, I’m asking for
your support indefinitely to be
committed to this cause and
please, by all stretches of the
imagination, vote,” Slay said.
Hugo
Mack,
a
defense
attorney based in Ypsilanti,
then discussed what he hopes
to bring as Washtenaw County’s
next prosecutor.
“I am a law enforcement
officer; I make law enforcement
first, and reform second,” Mack
said. “And if that costs me
the election then so be it, but
know where I’m coming from.
I believe that incarceration
should be the final option, not
the first choice.”
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Michael Cox, police chief
of
the
Ann
Arbor
Police
Department, has been placed
on paid administrative leave
for two weeks, according to an
email from City Administrator
Howard
sent
on
Friday
afternoon.
The email was addressed
to the mayor, members of City
Council and Lisa Jackson, the
Independent Community Police
Oversight Commission chair.
“I am writing to inform you
that I have placed Police Chief
Cox on Administrative Leave
due to a personnel matter,”
Lazarus wrote. “Deputy Chief
Forsberg will serve as the
Acting Chief.”
Deputy Chief Jason Forsberg
will assume Cox’s duties while
Cox is on leave. Forsberg was
one of three finalists who
interviewed for the police chief
position over the summer.
In
an
interview
with
The Daily, Jackson said the
commission was not told the
specifics of the situation.
“I do not know as much as I
would like to know,” Jackson
said. “The commission is a
little concerned that we were
given the same amount of the
information as the public was.
We were not told why.”
However,
Jackson
added
she has been told the leave
is not due to Cox’s “personal
misconduct” or an “allegation
of
him
personally
doing
something improper.” When
asked where she acquired this
knowledge, Jackson said she
was reassured by “people with
more information” but declined
to specify, as she said these
individuals were likely not
supposed to have told her.
Jackson
said
some
members of City Council
have also expressed their
frustration to her about being
“in the dark.”
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ACADEMICS
Dhani Jones, former U-M football player, endorses presidential candidate
Troy
Carter,
venture
capitalist
and
founder
of
Atom
Factory,
a
talent
management
and
production
company,
spoke to a crowd of about
250 students, alumni and
guests
about
mentorship
and diversity in business at
the University of Michigan
Ross School of Business on
Friday evening.
He was the guest speaker
at
the
44th
Alfred
L.
Edwards Conference, the
longest-running conference
at the Business School. The
Black
Business
Student
Association
held
the
conference. Edwards was a
professor and mentor at the
University before he died in
2007.
Danielle Lomax, Business
graduate student and BBSA
member, said this year’s
theme
was
mentorship.
According to Lomax, the
team picked Carter as the
speaker
because
of
his
accomplishments
in
the
business community.
Troy Carter
highlights
importance
of diversity
BUSINESS
Entrepreneur shares
experience in investing
during BBSA colloquium
SARAH PAYNE
For the Daily
Approximately 100 community
members attended a panel hosted
by Rackham Graduate School
titled “Adapting to Change and
Maintaining Excellence” as part
of an all-day faculty symposium
on advancing graduate education
Friday morning.
The
discussion
was
moderated
by
Earl
Lewis,
professor
of
history,
Afroamerican
and
African
studies and public policy as
well as the founding director
of the University of Michigan
Center for Social Solutions, and
featured academic leaders from
different institutions in the
nation.
The panel discussed topics
such
as
diversity
during
business recruiting, incentives
to keep graduate students in
academia and how to predict
student success.
Robin
Garrell,
chemistry
professor
at
the
University
of
California
Los
Angeles,
discussed how her institution’s
faculty
members
seek
to
minimize risk while recruiting
graduate students.
Panel examines future
of higher education at
day-long symposium
VARSHA VEDAPUDI
Daily Staff Reporter
City administrator: department head
sidelined, acting chief will fill role
CLAIRE HAO
Daily News Editor
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About 100 people dressed
in campaign shirts, pins and
various accessories gathered
into 217 S. Fourth Ave. on
Saturday to support Michael
Bloomberg,
Democratic
presidential
candidate
and
former New York City mayor.
Democratic
presidential
candidate
Michael
Bloomberg’s campaign opened
an office in Ann Arbor this
weekend, bringing together
students
and
community
members
to
support
his
candidacy
and
hear
from
Dhani
Jones,
former
University of Michigan three-
time All-Big Ten linebacker,
and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell,
D-Mich.
About 100 people dressed
in
campaign
shirts,
pins
and
various
accessories
gathered into 217 S. Fourth
Ave. on Saturday to support
Bloomberg, a billionaire and
former New York City mayor.
The
event
started
with
remarks
from
Michael
Kurtz,
Bloomberg’s
state
director, who spoke about
the
campaign’s
efforts
to
organize throughout the state,
including here in Ann Arbor.
“What we’re doing in this
state is we are organizing it
every quarter, we’re not going
to concede one inch to Donald
Trump,” Kurtz said. “We are
building momentum. You see
the turnout today. We are
building this campaign and
there is real momentum on the
ground.”
Bloomberg 2020 campaign opens
downtown Ann Arbor headquarters
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County Prosecutor candidate Hugo Mack presents his platform at the Arrowwood Community Center Sunday afternoon.
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AAPD Chief
Michael Cox
placed on leave
for two weeks
County prosecutor candidates
discuss criminal justice system
Hugo Mack, Eli Savit, Arianne Slay vie for voters’ support at town hall
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State Director Michael Kurtz speaks at presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s Ann Arbor office opening Saturday afternoon.
Deliverance
Isaiah Livers returns and helps lead
Michigan to a potentially season-
changing win over Michigan State
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