2 hardworking, hard-hitting cops are now felons
2 hardworking, hard-hitting cops are now felons Detroit duo convicted for planting evidence Willie Joyner, 38, of Detroit uses a cane as he leaves the office of attorney Daniel Romano, right, in Southfield. Joyner said he was chased down and repeatedly kicked by Ruffus Stewart and Lashaud Welcome in 2008, smashing the ball and socket of his hip. (Photos by PATRICIA BECK/Detroit Free Press) Willie Joyner crawled through the field on his elbows, dragging his right leg, useless and shattered at the hip. “Just take me to jail,” Joyner said he had silently prayed as the kicks slammed into him. “At least I’ll get some medical attention.” Today, Joyner needs a cane to support his 6-foot-4-inch, 250-pound frame on a right hip and leg held together with two metal plates and a dozen screws — the result, he says, of an April 2008 encounter with Detroit Police Officers Lashaud Welcome and Ruffus Stewart. He has filed a l
