Nation IN BRIEF : MICHIGAN : Mayor Names New Detroit Police Chief

Detroit Mayor Coleman Young replaced his indicted police chief, William Hart. But Young accused federal prosecutors of waging a vendetta against black officials. Young and Hart are black. “The chief was indicted because he got caught in a trap that was set for me,” Young said. Young appointed Stanley Knox, 51, as police chief. Hart and former civilian Deputy Chief Kenneth Weiner, an ex-business partner of the mayor’s, have been charged with embezzling $2.6 million from a secret police fund. They face arraignment Friday. The police fund investigation began 18 months ago based on information Weiner supplied the FBI and Internal Revenue Service about what he claimed was money-laundering and bribe-taking by Young. The mayor was cleared of any wrongdoing in the investigation, said U.S. Attorney Stephen Markman.