Nightside Report Aug. 10, 2021: Detroit officer did right thing by not reacting as woman danced on top of police SUV, chief says; Beaumont Health urges schools to require masks to protect students from COVID

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DPD head applauds officer for restraint after woman dances on top of police cruiser

Chief: Detroit officer did right thing by not reacting as woman danced on top of police SUV

DETROIT – Video is being shared on social media of a woman dancing on top of a Detroit police SUV.

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Detroit Police Department’s interim Chief James White said officers inside the SUV did the right thing by not reacting.

The incident happened over the weekend on Detroit’s east side. Members of the Detroit police crowd management team were sent to the area to break up a party.

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Metro Detroit weather: Muggy with storms for days

Mother Nature has summer weather on repeat mode, hot and humid with a chance of thunderstorms for more than one day this week.

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4 Fast Facts

  • A 35-year-old man is facing charges after police said he assaulted women in downtown Ann Arbor. Click here to read more.
  • An elderly woman is worried she’s going to lose her home after severe storms caused significant damage to her roof. Click here to read more.
  • A group of citizens and sheriff’s deputies in Oakland County were honored by Sheriff Mike Bouchard for going above and beyond. Click here to read more.
  • Michigan has seen a lot of convicted felons go free recently and a closer look at how those convictions happened in the first place reveals considerable concern about the court system. Click here to read more.

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Beaumont Health urges schools to require masks to protect students from COVID

Beaumont Health provided an update to reinforce what other healthcare institutions and public health officials have said about using masks to protect against COVID as students prepare to head back into the classroom.

Beaumont Health weighed in on the value of masks to decrease the spread of the delta variant in schools as districts consider mask recommendations from other health officials.

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Number of prescription drugs being filled for children, adults dropped during COVID pandemic

The COVID pandemic caused a drop in visits to doctor’s offices, which led to a drop in the number of prescriptions being filled for both children and adults.

In time, prescriptions for adults returned to normal, but the same didn’t happen for children. Researchers at the University of Michigan compared prescriptions filled before the pandemic to those filled through the pandemic up to December of 2020.

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About the Author:

DeJanay Booth joined WDIV as a web producer in July 2020. She previously worked as a news reporter in New Mexico before moving back to Michigan.