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Chief Craig fundraising letter rips Michigan State Police. Did his campaign send it?
(Detroit Free Press) LANSING – Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is accused of slamming the Michigan State Police in a fundraising letter for standing by "weak-kneed" while demonstrators disrupted his September campaign announcement on Belle Isle.
Another Republican candidate for governor, who is a captain in the MSP, hit back Tuesday as a Craig campaign spokesman denied Craig would use such language.
Craig's announcement of his candidacy for governor was halted — and later reconvened at a different Detroit location — after shouting demonstrators drowned out what he was trying to say.
"I was surprised ... that Gov. (Gretchen) Whitmer's state troopers decided to stand down when the protestors stormed the podium," said the undated letter addressed to "Dear fellow Republican," which purportedly bears Craig's signature.
"And I was surprised they were nowhere to be found while protestors threatened me inches from my face." .............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/02/22/james-craig-michigan-state-police-mike-brown/6890799001/