by John Ball Earlier today, Chief of Police John Seto announced his intention to retire from the City of Ann Arbor Police Department in July. An exact retirement date has not been identified. Seto has worked for the Ann Arbor Police…

LET’S BE CLEAR: In the U.S., Michigan and Ann Arbor crime rates are down. According to data gathered by the FBI, in Ann Arbor, about 1,300 more crimes, total, were committed in 2009 than in 2013. That means, at a minimum, 1,300 fewer people…

by P.D. Lesko ON DEC. 18, The Ann Arbor Independent turned to the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the Knight Foundation’s FOI Fund for financial support to fund an open records lawsuit against the City of Ann Arbor and the…

The Ann Arbor Independent published a long list of stories that received quite a bit of attention from readers. Below, find links to some of the most compelling and popular articles published in 2014, based on the number of social media…

SINCE NOV. 9, The Ann Arbor Independent has filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests in an effort to disseminate public records about the shooting of 40-year-old Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser’s Nov. 9 shooting. The newspaper…

The Ann Arbor Independent filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the incident report filed by AAPD officers after the shooting of Aura Rosser. The ACLU of Michigan has been in contact with the AAPD, as well, urging the release of…

AAPD Chief Seto, when asked, declined to release the name of the officer who shot Aura Rosser. Neither would he answer questions about how many officers responded to the call and why two officers have been put on paid administrative leave.…

WARD THREE CITY Council member Stephen Kunselman—who’s running for mayor—read aloud from The Ann Arbor Independent at that group’s April 7 meeting. Kunselman read to his Council colleagues and the public from the newspaper’s April 3 article…

WARD 3 COUNCIL MEMBER Stephen Kunselman’s comments at a recent City Council meeting—about what some believe is a hushed-up, long-term problem with Class A drug sales and drug use in the AADL library system—illustrate a breakdown in…