LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- The Michigan Supreme Court’s term finishes this week, and there are a couple of big cases that could be decided.
The court will determine if police officers can photograph and fingerprint someone because they don’t have an ID. It stems from a Grand Rapids Police Department policy. The ACLU got involved in the lawsuit because it says the policy disproportionately affected African Americans.
The incidents in the lawsuits are from 2011 and 2014, and since then the police department says it has evolved. The photograph and fingerprint – or P-and-P – procedure is no longer routine.
The Michigan Supreme Court will also decide if a ballot initiative to change the way the state draws its political district lines can go on the November ballot.