Pardon Our Language

The SUN would like to apologize to the residents of the Pingree Street area for its past error in applying the name of that neighborhood to the current conspiracy proceedings in Detroit Recorder's Court involving police and heroin dealers. We didn't mean to malign the neighborhood, most of whose citizens would certainly side with us in wishing the blight of the smack business—in which 10th Precinct police seem to have eagerly participated—speedily removed from their streets. It was simply a case of our too facilely accepting the current media catch phrase. Accordingly, we will refer to the trial from here on in as the "10th Precinct Conspiracy," more precisely affixing the blame where it belongs.