During the trial, the jury was
shown a police patrol car video
of the traffic stop which took
place in January of 2015. The
video showed Melendez holding
Dent down on the ground in
what appeared to be a choke
hold with one arm while repeat-
edly striking him in the head
with his closed fist. The video-
tape records Melendez forceful-
ly striking Dent 16 times with his
fist and another officer kicking
Dent while Melendez is striking
him.
The case and the videotape
were repeatedly featured on
both local and national news
programs.
Prosecutors, in urging a more
severe sentence, wrote, “The
defendant's actions have had a
severe detrimental impact on
both the police community and
the community at large.”
Melendez was immediately
fired by Inkster when the video-
tape was released to the media
by Dent's attorney and Inkster
District Court Judge Sabrina
Johnson dropped the charges of
resisting arrest and obstructing
officers leveled against Dent
when she viewed the tape. When
Worthy saw the tape, which was
not included by Inkster police in
their request for a warrant
against Dent on charges of resist-
ing arrest and drug possession,
she refused to prosecute and
strongly criticized the conduct of
the officers who sent the request
to her officewithout the tape.
Prosecutors said that Dent, a
longtimeFordMotor Co. employ-
ee, still suffers from post-trau-
matic stress disorder and that
Melendez “lied in a police
report, repeatedly committed
perjury, including in a search
warrant and perhaps planted
evidence inMr. Dent's vehicle.”
Conflicting interpretations of
the tape show Melendez at the
rear of Dent's Cadillac, where it
appears he could be removing
something from his pocket, and
then announcing that he has
found a packet of cocaine in the
vehicle.
Dent admitted that he had
run a stop sign, which triggered
the original traffic stop “in an
area known for drug trafficking”
according to the original police
report. He also admitted he was
driving on a suspended license
at the time but vehemently
denied any drug use or posses-
sion at the time of the incident
and also denied any attempt to
flee fromor resist the officers.
Two other Inkster officers at
the scene were disciplined as a
result of the videotape but were
not criminally charged.
Dent was hospitalized for his
injuries for two days. He subse-
quently reached a financial set-
tlement with the city for $1.37
million last year.
Evans said from the bench
that she knew Dent would give
back “every dime” of the settle-
ment to return to his life prior to
the incident.
“I wonder: What would one-
half of that $1.4 million settle-
ment awarded to Mr. Dent have
done for the Inkster Police
Department, training officers
that wanted to serve and not hir-
ing officers that didn't belong?”
the judge said.
Melendez was immediately
returned to the Wayne County
Jail where he has been segregat-
ed from the general inmate pop-
ulation. He will be transferred to
an as yet undetermined state
prison to beginhis sentence.
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1998 TOY
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NKSTER
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City chosen for tournament
Investigators from the
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ing the help of the public in iden-
tifying the killer of an Inkster
man last week.
According to police reports,
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p.m. Feb. 1 in the area of
Magnolia near Center Street in
Inkster.
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his parked car when he was shot
by an assailant. Nguyen was
immediately transported to a
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was pronounced dead on arrival
at themedical facility.
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have described the shooter as a
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man about 5-feet, 7-inches tall.
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pered jacket, dark-colored jeans
and “timberland” type shoes.
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next of kin have been notified of
his death and that the shooting
remains an active investigation.
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who may have witnessed the
incident or have any information
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SPEAKUP.
A youth sports basketball
tournament is headed for the
Booker Dozier Recreation
Complex in Inkster this spring.
The North American Youth
Sports organization will host the
annual spring youth basketball
tournament in Inkster from
April 8 through 10, according to
an announcement from the
group.
The tournament will also uti-
lize some other Inkster loca-
tions, the announcement said.
The tournament will include
10 brackets for players divided
by school grade levels and sex
including 5th and 6th grade boys
and 5th and 6th grade girls; 7th
grade boys; 7th grade girls; 8th
grade boys; 8th grade girls; 9th
and 10th grade boys; 9th and
10th grade girls; 11th and 12th
grade boys and 11th and 12th
grade girls. All divisions are
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the 2015-1016 school year, offi-
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The entry fee is $145 and
guarantees each team a mini-
mumof three games and awards
will be presented to winners in
eachbracket.
Entries will only be accepted
untilMarch 25.
For additional information or
an entry form, call 1-800-352-
5915 or tournament director
Craig Lewis at (734) 377-5154 or
visit
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sports.org.
what unit and which officers use
forcemost often.
For pursuits, it tracks the aver-
age speed, time and distance trav-
eled before pursuits end; most
successful technique to end pur-
suits; number ending in crashes
and injuries and how often pur-
sueddrivers are intoxicated.
All training is documented,
cataloged, and sorted into granu-
lar detail including hours, sub-
jects, instructor, rounds fired and
withwhichweapons.
“I love it,” saidWayne resident
Nita Wright after the Force LMS
presentation. “I think that's phe-
nomenal to have that information
at your fingertips. I like the analo-
gy of running a police department
like a business.”
Nancy Pride saw value in the
heightened transparency and
accountability Force LMS pro-
vides.
“It will be difficult for police
officers to fudge what happens,”
she said. “It's a good way to moni-
torwho's doingwhat.”
Force LMS launched on Jan.
15. It's already used by several
police departments across the
country, including Ypsilanti,
Gadsden, AL and Live Oak, TX.
The Westland Police Department
received approval from the mem-
bers of the city council to pur-
chase the software at a meeting
earlier thismonth.
Software
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