Michigan
Neo-Nazi Leader Planned Attacks on Minorities, Media, and Cops: Court Docs
After assuming leadership of the neo-Nazi group The Base, Justen Watkins planned to kill police and minorities in an effort to start a fantasy “race war.”
9 States Have Pre-Roe Abortion Bans. A Michigan Judge Just Suspended One.
The law dates from 1931, but a judge ruled it cannot be enforced if Roe is struck down.
The Community Where Patrick Lyoya Was Killed by Cops Saw It Coming
“If people would have paid more attention to the situations we’ve been talking about here, he’d be alive,” one Grand Rapids resident told VICE News.
Beyoncé, Yoga, Billie Eilish: Trump-Backed Candidate Thinks Everything Is Satanic
Michigan GOP Secretary of State nominee Kristina Karamo also thinks Cardi B is a “tool of Lucifer.”
GOP Picks QAnon and Voting Machine Conspiracy Theorists for Key Michigan Races
A pair of Trump-backed conspiracy theorists just won their party’s nominations to run Michigan’s election system and be the state's top legal officer.
I Got an Illegal Abortion Before Roe v. Wade
She was 15 when she got an illegal abortion in a dirty Detroit warehouse. Now, she’s terrified others will experience something similar.
Man Allegedly Impersonated His Ex in Catfishing Revenge-Porn Case
The Patreon account allegedly sold the woman's intimate photos for as little as $4 a month.
People Who Think Trump Won in 2020 Are Trying to Run Elections
“You're asking me, ‘OK, no matter what happens in an election, would you certify it?’ Only a moron would say yes.”
Man Says QAnon Told Him His Wife Was a CIA Sex Trafficker. He Killed Her.
The Michigan man entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, after psychiatric evaluations concluded he wasn't fit to stand trial.
There’s a ‘Staggering’ Amount of Evidence in Michigan School Shooting Case
The court has pushed back the preliminary hearings for the alleged Michigan school shooter, and his parents, because the defense and prosecution have a massive amount of evidence to sift through.
Anti-Vax Republican Who Refused to Certify Biden’s Michigan Win Dies of COVID
It’s unclear if William Hartmann was vaccinated, but he repeatedly downplayed the severity of the virus and compared vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany.
The Michigan School Shooting Was Terrifying. But Was It Terrorism?
One expert told VICE that laying charges in a case like this shows a “fundamental misunderstanding of terrorism.”