Detroit police commissioner turns out to be felon who once threatened to shoot a cop

Detroit police commissioner turns out to be felon who once threatened to shoot a cop


A recently elected Detroit police commissioner has withdrawn his promise to resign, even after a local news outlet made public his criminal past — as well as his antagonistic interactions with cops.

On December 17, Darious Morris, 38, was sworn in as one of nearly a dozen members of the Board of Police Commissioners, entrusted with overseeing the Detroit Police Department. Morris won the seat representing District 3 on a write-in campaign after no other name appeared on the ballot.

‘If you would have put your hands on him, I would have shot you!’

However, a report from WXYZ-TV just a few weeks later led Morris to consider tendering his resignation.

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Morris has a criminal record that extends all the way back to 2009, when he pled no contest

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