Detroit Police Chief Craig: False Narratives Are Being Perpetrated by Criminals

‘They put out a false narrative that we shot an unarmed African-American man seated on his porch’

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CRAIG: “But one of the things we saw here in Detroit, almost eerily similar to what happened last night in Chicago, a false narrative was perpetrated by these criminals very quickly and indicated that an unarmed teen was shot, and then called for people to come downtown to loot. The one similarity is the criminals tried to do the same thing here in Detroit about three weeks ago, when our officers were fired upon and we ended up using deadly force. They put out false narrative that we shot an unarmed African-American man seated on his porch. Totally false. What was different? A couple of things, Neil. One, we got out and front very quickly. As you know, we had a video out that refuted what these criminals were trying to perpetrate, and that helped us a great deal. But also the fact that we have a community here in Detroit that trusts its police department, trusts the leadership. We've built that capital up.”

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