Detroit, MI
Detroit mayoral candidate Kinloch: ‘I never said National Guard’ should patrol city
The Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr., a Detroit mayoral candidate, on Friday walked back statements he made earlier in the week that he supports the limited use of National Guard troops in Detroit.
Speaking as part of an event hosted by the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce at the Soundstage at MotorCity Casino Hotel, Kinloch tried to clarify comments he made during a debate on Wednesday with his opponent, Mary Sheffield.
“I didn’t say National Guard, I said law enforcement,” Kinloch said Friday in an interview with Fox 2 Detroit journalist Roop Raj.
Kinloch was addressing statements he made during the Wednesday night televised debate, when both candidates were asked if they would “welcome” the National Guard to Detroit, the controversial tactic President Donald Trump is using in some Democrat-led cities, including Chicago, Memphis and Portland, Oregon.
During the WXYZ debate, Kinloch said he wouldn’t welcome the National Guard, “not in a martial law fashion, but in collaboration, in order to make sure that we’re protecting soft spots throughout the city. “
During a media scrum with reporters after the debate, Kinloch elaborated that “it is never acceptable” for Guard troops to patrol Detroit streets.
“But when you start talking about working in collaboration and partnership; when you start talking about large venues and large crowds and large gathering, particularly some of the violence we’ve seen in recent times, we can always partner with law enforcement agencies in order to assist in that,” Kinloch said on Wednesday.
On Friday, Kinloch pointed out he said law enforcement.
“I didn’t say National Guard,” he said. “I said what we would do is collaborate with law enforcement like they already do in the summer. They should have done again this summer, with the bloody summer that we’ve seen, partnering with law enforcement agencies on the state level, in the federal level, in order to come up with a strategy.”
On Friday, Sheffield repeated her stance that we “would strongly oppose” the use of Guard troops in Detroit.
“I do welcome federal resources around funding,” for various programs to address violence such as her proposed office of gun violence prevention that she would create if elected mayor.
“I do not believe that militarizing the neighborhoods is a solution,” Sheffield said.
Absentee voting is already underway in Detroit for the Nov. 4 general election, which means the opportunity to woo voters is narrowing. Sheffield and Kinloch are vying to succeed Mayor Mike Duggan, who leaves office at year’s end to run for Michigan governor as an independent next year.
Sheffield is a political veteran at age 38. She is a three-term Detroit City Council member and is currently council president, Kinloch, 52, a political newcomer, is senior pastor of Triumph Church, a once struggling congregation that Kinloch helped transform into one with more than 35,000 members and multiple locations.
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A woman died, and a person is in custody, in the aftermath of a two-vehicle crash on Friday evening in Detroit.
An emergency call was placed at 7:39 p.m., reporting the crash at Collingwood and Belleterre streets. The Detroit Police Department said one of the drivers was traveling at a high rate of speed on Collingwood and disregarded a stop sign at the intersection, striking the other vehicle.
The crash killed a woman who is in her 40s and injured a man who is also in his 40s. A medical condition was not available for the injured man.
The Detroit Police Department said a suspect is in custody and they are continuing to investigate.
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Federal regulators say the autonomous vehicle company Waymo must stop its cars from blocking first responders. Waymo has been testing its vehicles in Detroit. The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the agency found several cases of Waymo driver-less vehicles traveling into emergency scenes, blocking firefighters or failing to stop for flashing lights and flares. Federal regulators say they will meet with autonomous vehicle developers to devise ways to address the problem. A Waymo vehicle will stop, however, if it notices nefarious activity from kids riding in it. A Waymo car in California recently stopped in a parking lot and called police after two teens in its back seat allegedly began drinking alcohol and shooting water beads from a toy gun.
Additional headlines for Friday, July 10, 2026
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Detroit’s first women’s sports bar is crowdfunding to open a permanent space. Bar IX hosts pop-up watch parties for women’s sports. The bar has raised 65 percent of if its 125-thousand-dollar goal since the campaign kicked off on June 30. Organizers are giving away merchandise such as stickers, keychains, and t-shirts with donations.
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The African World Festival is this weekend at Hart Plaza. The festival celebrates culture and history with music, spoken word, food and a retail marketplace. The festival starts today and runs through Sunday. Visit Charles H Wright museum website at for more info and to buy tickets.
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Lake St. Clair Metropark is getting 15 million dollars in improvements. The improvements include reopening the North Marina, expanding accessibility across the park, adding new trail connections and modernizing infrastructure. It’s the biggest investment in the park in decades. Renovations at the marina will fully reopen the marina with 78 boat slips for transient docking and bring accessible floating finger docks back to the North Marina basin. All renovations are expected to be completed by the end of summer 2027.
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The Detroit Parks Coalition is hosting a free walking tour about the Detroit Riverfront tomorrow, July 11 from 10 a.m. to 11a.m. The tour will give an overview of the history of the riverfront as a well as more info on the newest Ralph C Wilson Centennial Park. Meet at the Dock, located near the Huron-Clinton Metroparks Water Garden across from the Plaza. Parking is available along Jefferson Ave, Rosa Parks, and in the nearby Bagley Mobility Hub and Assembly garages.
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