A woman was charged after police said she was selling food without a permit and refused to shut down operations when confronted by an officer on Sunday in Southwest Detroit.
Police say at about 10 p.m. on Sept. 14, officers responded to a report about a large crowd in the 2100 block of Springwells. Police observed a long line leading to the front of the woman’s table as she was selling food.
First Assistant Chief Charles Fitzgerald said the responding officer asked the woman if she had a permit, and she initially said she did, but then said she was going to contact her lawyer. Detroit police released body cam footage showing the officer repeatedly asking the woman if she had a permit, to which she did not provide one and continued to say she was calling her lawyer…