Metro Detroit Mother Speaks Out After Settling Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Former Neighbor

Metro Detroit mother speaks out after settling federal civil rights lawsuit against former neighbor

A metro Detroit mother is speaking out after settling a federal civil rights lawsuit against her former neighbor, saying what her family experienced is still painful to relive. Watch Carli Petrus' video report: Mother speaks out after settling civil rights suit against neighborJeDonna Dinges says the situation began when her then-husband noticed a KKK flag hanging in the window of a neighboring home directly facing the family's dining room. PREV…

A Michigan family’s racial harassment lawsuit against neighbor with KKK flag ends with a settlement

Ku Klux Klan flag | JeDonna Dinges photoA settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit filed by a Black Grosse Pointe Park resident against her former neighbor, who was accused in February 2021 of racial intimidation for hanging a Ku Klux Klan flag in his window that faced Je Donna and India Dinges’ home. The settlement agreement and the monetary award associated with the settlement in Dinges v. Wilde has not been disclosed. Still, the Dinge…

BLACK FAMILY WINS LAWSUIT VS. NEIGHBOR WITH KKK FLAG; KYM WORTHY REFUSED CRIMINAL CHARGES | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city's independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

Ku Klux Klan flag | JeDonna Dinges photo Note from VOD Editor Diane Bukowski Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy refused to file hate crime charges against a Grosse Pointe resident flying the KKK flag (above) next door to his Black neighbors, who have now won a federal lawsuit against the man. Meanwhile, Worthy’s office is spending millions in taxpayer dollars trying to return exonerated Detroiters Thelonious ‘Shawn’ Searcy and Darrell ‘Apple’ Ew…