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John Morin stories
John Morin is a former Lansing resident who now lives in Holt.
Lansing police Each time, whether it was my calling them after being a victim of a crime, or they were there to arrest me, they failed me every time. And the raid, well when the charges were dropped, everyone from the police, the prosecutor, and even Eddie were quick to lay blame on Simial Funches. At the raid one individual approached me numerous times. When I was put in handcuffs on the porch, he questioned where I had cameras at, how much drug money did I use to fix up my house, and that it was my lucky day, they were here to save my life. Next event was taking me into the bathroom and asking about who we sold drugs to. I told him we did not sell drugs. This next event was important about their prior knowledge. Eddie claimed that no one had reviewed the videos and if they had, would never had given us the one showing Funches giving Sheri crack cocaine, and him taking a bag of weed off the table. The plain clothes officer made a big issue when they opened up my hide room, coming into the living room and asking me if I had built it. I had. He took me into the bedroom telling me how they would have never known it existed if not for the video. It was just after Sheri was given the crack that the hide room was shown on the video. They could not have seen the one without having seen the other. Which tells me that LPD and maybe the ATF were aware that Sheri was under a drug provided by Funches. A drug that can result in death, and as Sheri had told me and Marc weeks earlier, there were entire days she had no memory of. If she had died, what was the plan, sneak out and pretend you were never there? When I was assaulted, Officer Forbis did not look out for my interest, rather because I had insurance, he forced me to get treatment I did not want, at threat of arrest. Then Detective Gill decides to play a race card before he even spoke with me. I was attacked rather than interviewed. And then the assistant prosecutor makes a deal with the defendant leaving me stuck with thousands of dollars in hospital bills. The LPD failed my neighborhood, rarely solving any crimes, not the murder, the break-ins. Once in awhile they would have a prostitution sting - when they weren't picking them up for dates. Of course Prosecutor Dunnings could pick up prostitutes in the neighborhood with little fear. Who do you call? No one answers and no one calls you back. So when my house was shot up, and a bullet landed at my feet, as always I was respectful to Officer Paul Beasinger as he conducted the investigation. Even when he claimed the shell casings I had found were not involved in the shooting, I did not confront him with his obvious attempt to do what? I still can't figure out why he did what he did. He lied on the police report and destroyed evidence and when I went up the chain of command, I was either verbally assaulted over the phone by Detective Gill or no one called me back. The racism I have observed over the years by white LPD officers is an embarrassment. When I confronted three LPD officers who thought it funny to assault an unconscious black man, I understand how the witnesses of the George Floyd murder felt, helpless to do more than verbally question their actions. Personally, I wanted to assault the cops for what they were doing. Once again, who do you call? But I also felt that Investigator Brantley treated me unfairly, that maybe being white was a negative factor in his eyes. And it was a black officer that threatened violence against me while my house was being destroyed and I was trying to calm Sheri. All I can say is recently I read a comment by a black man. He said that he had never met an intelligent person that was a racist. I would concur with that. We are all different, and we are all human beings and should be treated as such. People such as Officer Theresa Mironiuk with her preconceived racist attitudes should be investigated and appropriate action taken. Over the years I have had opportunities to meet former LPD officers. Speaking with them I have learned a great deal. In each case, they left being police officers for Lansing because of their concerns with how the department was run. I was told of the wild romper room behavior in the squad room, I personally listened to it for thirty minutes when I tried to call back the Internal Affairs officer regarding Detective Gill. I am sure that the IA officer intentionally gave me that number to get rid of me. I have been told about the private Facebook account officers go on and rant about their jobs. I feel that the citizens of Lansing should be allowed to read about how the LPD officers truly feel about the people they serve. I have been told about all the drunken weekend parties. I have a friend who wanted to become a police officer and did a few ride-alongs. He is a very religious person and when the officer he was with walked out of a convenience store without paying for snacks, the answer he got was as a cop, they don't pay because the clerk should be happy he stops in to check on them. That was the point at which he chose not to become a cop. I met an employee of a Speedway gas station and he was excited because they had got a plate number from a person who drove off without paying. The police quickly tracked down the culprit and instead of arresting him, they let him go and instead returned to the station with money for the gas. They still wanted to prosecute but were told that because it was a police chiefs son, there would be no arrest. Can these stories bring me justice? The drugs that Sheri was subjected to, the quantities to get her compliant to say what they wanted, have affected her to this day profoundly. Our relationship has been damaged and her disabilities have caused her issues as she has tried to battle the addiction she had once overcome. Helping Sheri twenty years ago took everything I had. Her behavior back then was scary, and today some of those behaviors have returned. For better or for worse, I have tried to be there for Sheri. But this story is also a warning to Lansing residents. I don't know what to tell people other than if you live in Lansing and are victimized, justice may not be available. I would recommend moving out of Lansing. Myself along with a lot of white guys I have met have been told that it was their fault for being victimized because they live in Lansing. So today I would like to tell all the other people in Lansing, if you are a victim, it is your own fault because you live in Lansing. The vast majority of LPD officers do not live in Lansing either and do not support the democratic agenda. A few years ago on TV during the 2016 election, I watched an LPD officer in uniform plant a Trump sign in a park while an interview was being conducted. I hope that each officer I have exposed are investigated and that others who never got justice - whether wrongly incarcerated or had losses from police actions - are able to get justice. When LPD failed to write a police report when Marc Colon Jr. robbed my garage, and later when they failed to arrest people trying to break into my garage that I handed to them on a silver platter - that was their way of running me out of town. But I didn't go far. Truth and justice has to win out sometimes. Will there be blowback? I would expect LPD to draw straws on who takes me out. As Eddie said when they were trying to convict me, he compared me to Mr. Rogers in the neighborhood because I was always there when others needed help. But isn't that what neighbors are for? When my garage was robbed while a personal protection order was preventing me from being home, Sheri called the LPD to report the crime. When they showed up, they chose not to write a report claiming it had been an inside job - suggesting to her that I had robbed myself. When Sheri was in the hospital, whether it was self inflicted as the police claimed or, as she has said, was from an assault during a home invasion, I was back in my house and called to report my losses and would need a police officer to come out for a report. They never sent anyone. I then put in a FOIA request for any police reports on my address over that time frame. No police report. So I called and spoke with a sergeant who was aware of what had happened. He quickly stated that Sheri had done it. Only problem, Sheri had no key to the garage. I then pointed out that if the LPD wasn't so inclined to act like drug dealers, Sheri would not be going through the problems she was having. That hit a nerve and he hung up. Within ten minutes of that call, an LPD SUV half blocked my driveway parked in front of my house. Another one was slightly pointed towards my house on the corner of Prospect and Francis Ave. A third LPD was parked at the car wash vacuum pointed directly at my house. When Sheri saw them she became terrified that we were being raided again and ran out the back door running down the alleyway towards Michigan Ave. It took me a bit of time to calm her down and explain that they were not there to raid, only to try and intimidate me. That had happened to me twice over this time frame - the other after I had left a voice mail with Investigator Brantley. I will never be intimidated by anyone, ever. The problem is that I know who robbed me but LPD refused to act on the information. Why? I can only speculate that when the LPD was forced to return my property, they feel good that I was robbed by someone else. They probably had a party in the squad room that day for successfully destroying another tax=paying citizen from the city of Lansing. When my house was raided, much of their case was built on lies. When I was arrested for domestic violence, that was also a lie. Each time LPD went with the lie with very little investigation. The male officer was allowing me to call Eddie so the police would have a better idea of what was going on. He is an officer of the court and as such would help me to see that Sheri received the treatment she needed. The female officer made me hang up the phone and without listening to a word I said, arrested me. It would be easy for me to blame her for the resulting huge losses I have. It would be easy to blame her for Sheri ending up in the hospital intensive care. I kinda sorta predicted it all when you watch the video. But LPD is far from the only police department that I have encountered in my lifetime. More than a few have suggested I write about what I have lived, and so, even though I work long hours everyday, I am now committed to seeing the full story told. Battle Creek police will not like having their failures addressed, but like LPD, they to have a history and the lies need to be uncovered, the truth needs to come out. Cops' posts to private Facebook group show hostility, hate
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