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A new lawsuit filed in Wayne County is raising serious allegations about abuse at a now-shut down Detroit facility.

The former Detroit Behavioral Institute, which closed in 2022, is facing another lawsuit, this one filed by Ven Johnson Law. 

Ven Johnson Law, a prominent personal injury and civil rights law firm, has moved from the Buhl Building in downtown Detroit to the new Hudson’s Detroit at 1240 Woodward Ave.

The four-year milestone of the deadly shooting of Patrick Lyoya is just days away. Ven Johnson said their fight for justice continues.

Boyd White III has joined Ven Johnson Law as an attorney and counselor.

Having reviewed a redacted copy of multiple documents of a Michigan State Police report into the fatal shooting of Da’Quain Johnson by a Grand Rapids police officer in February, the lawyers representing Johnson and his family say that the report “does nothing but open even more inquiries.”

Attorneys Ben Crump and Ven Johnson argue a Grand Rapids police officer used unnecessary deadly force when he shot and killed a man last month, rejecting the officer’s claim that Da’Quain Johnson was pointing a gun at him.

A civil rights attorney called the shooting of Da’Quain Johnson a “shame before God” on Friday while calling for the release of the full extent of video from the deadly incident involving the Grand Rapids Police Department.

Civil rights attorneys Ven Johnson and Ben Crump are calling on Michigan State Police (MSP) to release all body and dash camera video of a shooting that left a man dead in Grand Rapids.