In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division tried to ease the concerns of Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had just given the go order for the D-Day landings after one last bout of wrangling with the allies. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, now […]
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Beaten by a cop as a teen, Ike McKinnon later became Detroit’s police chief
Isaiah “Ike” McKinnon, 80, served as a Detroit police officer for 19 years and was appointed chief of the department by Mayor Dennis Archer in 1993. He earned a Ph.D. from Michigan State University, became a tenured professor at the University of Detroit-Mercy and served as deputy mayor under Mayor Mike Duggan. The following is […]