Bill Laitner

I'm a Detroit Free Press reporter. I cover local trends, local government, marijuana and more.

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@stockpicker137 Hello to Joe's dad. Such a heart-breaking loss! Please contact me; I want to print the funeral information, with your permission.
Regards, Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press
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@michellejokisch Hi, I'm Bill Laitner at the Free Press in Detroit. Would like to tell readers of the need to donate. How can I reach Leeslie or Selena or other family? They can call me on 248-565-7080; email: [email protected] and thanks!......Bill Laytner, reporter

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Californian Mary Beasley is the first woman to finish the 2022 Detroit Free Press Marathon#freepmarathon

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Ryan Corby of Novi wins the 2022 Detroit Free Pres Marathon.#freepmarathon

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Handcycles FLY in Detroit’s marathon and Matt Tingley of Rochester Hills crosses first.#freepmarathon

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The 45th Detroit Free Press Marathon #freepmarathon has begun!

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Training table for today’s Detroit Free Press Marathon. . . and that’s just for a reporter! #freepmarathon

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Ryan Corby of Novi wins the 2021 Free Press marathon in 2 hours, 22 minutes #FreepMarathon

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#FreepMarathon winner of the Half Marathon: John Elimlim of Kenya savors the feeling.

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It’s ba-a-a-ckkk! The Detroit Free Pres Mararhon is underway in Detroit #FreepMarathon.

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Marathon breakfast in Detroit…for a reporter! #FreepMarathon starts in 15 minutes.

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Protest leader Jae Bass, 24, of Detroit exhorts followers at the end of Monday’s march to keep protesting and to meet again Tuesday afternoon.@freep

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As the sun sets and the time approaches 9 pm, Detroit’s Monday protest march ends peaceably, and where it started on Fort Street a mile south of the Ambassador Bridge — on grass beside DPD’s 4th Precinct station — but with profane demands for Chief Craig to resign.

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As shadows lengthen at 8:40 pm, Detroit’s Monday marchers, lacing chants with profanity, approach Fort Street and the protest’s starting point at DPD’s 4th Precinct station. Squad cars flash lights ahead. How will it end is on everyone’s mind.

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Steven Kukuk, 29, of Detroit’s North End neighborhood, said he’d been in about 75% of the marches. “I’m here to listen and learn,” said the software salesman, wheeling a vintage Schwinn Volare racing bike.

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Monday night’s protest turns east on Michigan Avenue, stops to rev spirits, and now heads toward downtown Detroit — and what some marchers say will be a confrontation with police. But, “defund police”? None are anywhere in sight.@freep

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Marchers trudge the summer-hot streets of SW Detroit at 7 pm Monday, on Toledo at Military, with fresh fury from Sunday’s brush with violence. That night, several surrounded a police car and some jumped on its hood, spurring the officer to drive off through the crowd.

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Monday’s protesters in Detroit take a break at Vernor Highway and Lansing Street in SW Detroit, shouting “Black lives matter!” with no police in sight.@freep

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Detroit’s protesters on 32nd day of marching, here Monday night chant their way through Mexicantown as numerous Chihuahua dogs join in.@freep

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Protesters stop in the heart of Mexicantown on Monday night at 6:30 pm to serenade the neighborhood with a classic rock lyric.@freep