Lansing Police requested felony sexual assault, assault and a weapons-related offense last month for state Rep. Neil Friske after his nighttime arrest, but the police department confirmed Tuesday that it is still investigating the case. For his part, Friske says he’s being “framed.” The Lansing Police Department says it responded to a report of a male with a gun and …
On Wednesday, no less credible a source than Slate.com announced that Lansing, Michigan, is the most relevant bellwether population center in the country. Hours after the publication of the piece, as if to emphasize that Lansing is “where it all happens,” a 62-year-old Michigan state representative named Neil Friske delivered what may go down as the signature political arrest of …
Michigan Rep. Neil Friske was arrested in the early morning hours Thursday in Lansing for a felony-level offense. This session, the Freedom Caucus has attempted to censure Michigan’s first Black House speaker, Joe Tate, claiming he “championed discrimination” for passing a state budget that provided grants for minority-owned businesses. In a post on one of Friske’s Facebook accounts Thursday, an …
Somewhere inside Camp Randall Stadium, T.J. Watt sat against a hallway wall and tried to hold back tears. “It was like, Wait, what do you mean I’m not going to play football?” Now, six years later, T.J. sees how the lowest day of his career changed the course of his football future. “Obviously I wasn’t happy,” T.J. said, “but I …
