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Willie Everett Burton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners District 5 | |
| In office January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2017 | |
| Member of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners District 5 | |
| In office January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2022 | |
| Member of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners District 5 | |
| In office January 1, 2022 – January 1, 2026 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 15, 1979 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Central State University (Attended, Business Administration) |
| Website | Government website |
Willie E. Burton (born February, 1979) is an American politician from Michigan. He is a member of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, to which he was first elected in 2013.[1] Burton achieved international notoriety after being publicly arrested after speaking out at a meeting where facial recognition policy was a central topic.[2][3]
Burton has begun his third term in 2022 after previously being elected in Detroit's 2013 & 2017 municipal elections.[1][4][4]
He has received significant international coverage after being arrested at a meeting on July 11 2019, and has been an outspoken opponent of facial recognition technology. He has also been consulted by local news organizations as an advocate of "Operation Greenlight," transparency, gun-locks, and the Michigan open meetings act. He has also been critical of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners handling of the beating of an emergency room patient by Corporal Dewayne Jones.[5]
Politics
[edit]Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
[edit]In 2013, Burton was elected to the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners.
Electoral history
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Willie E. Burton | 5,111 | 41.58% | ||
| Nonpartisan | Marcelus Brice | 4,363 | 35.49% | ||
| Nonpartisan | Jamie S. Fields | 2,818 | 22.93% | ||
| Total votes | 12,292 | 100.00% | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "ELECTION CERTIFICATION August 6, 2013 primary BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 5, CITY OF DETROIT" (PDF). September 3, 2013.
- ^ "Detroit is quietly using facial recognition to make arrests". South China Morning Post. Detroit. August 19, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ Perkins, Tom (August 22, 2019). "Detroit is quietly using facial recognition to make arrests". Taipei Times. Detroit. Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ a b "ELECTION SUMMARY REPORT General Election. Wayne County, Michigan. November 7th 2017. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). November 7, 2017. Cite error: The named reference "elected2017" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Colthorp, Jason (December 18, 2018). "Community leaders angry over decision to reinstate Detroit police corporal accused of punching woman". clickondetroit.com. WDIV. Archived from the original on 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
External links
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Category:1979 births
Category:21st-century American politicians
Category:African-American people in Michigan politics
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Category:Michigan Democrats
Category:Central State University alumni
Category:Radio personalities from Detroit