Jazz drifted through the air, mingling with laughter among old friends. Burgers were on the grill. Drinks were being poured.
It was the first Friday of March, and everyone among the tight circle of active and retired sheriff’s officers who had been gathering annually for 20 years knew exactly where to be: Bert’s, a legendary Detroit hangout.
Donafay Collins, a popular 63-year-old commander in the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office who moonlighted as a Motown DJ and taught colleagues how to ballroom dance, made his way through the crowd, resplendent in black-on-black tie and shirt.
He was happy at work, he told friends. His family was healthy. Life was good.
“What a night!” he wrote on Facebook the next day.
Less than three weeks later, at least seven partygoers were sick, down with covid-19. Dozens more were ill at the sheriff’s office. And Collins, a father of four, was dead…
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