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Court: Police cannot do breath tests on minors

A city ordinance in Troy that allows police to give breath tests to minors suspected of drinking is unconstitutional on its face, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel said in a unanimous decision released this morning.

Circuit judge expres...

A controversial and secret $700,000 settlement awarded to two men in 2007 in a police harassment case that is being investigated by the deputy mayor also became the subject of a court hearing today in another police harassment case set to go to trial.

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