Douglas was the supervising officer at the scene of the beating and the only black officer present. One misdemeanor charge still is pending against Douglas. Judge George Crockett III will preside over the Detroit Recorder's Court trials. Detroit police begin updated riot training for officers. Robert Knox, a witness to the beating, is fatally shot five blocks from the beating scene.
Police say the slaying was drug-related.
Crockett announces trial will begin June 2. Testimony by Knox during the preliminary hearing will be read into the trial record. Seven members of the Justice for Malice Green coalition are charged with disorderly conduct after clashing with police during a protest over the shooting of a teen-ager by an officer outside Cooley High School. Detroit police stage public demonstration at Historic Fort Wayne of their techniques for crowd control. Lessnau agrees to a bench trial before Crockett.