GREEKTOWN BEATDOWN
A true story told by the casino's own cameras.
Written, produced, and lived by Peter Shareef Arabo
The feature — watch free
The narrator in this film is a digital likeness of Peter Arabo — his own face and voice, created by him. All footage, documents, and quotations are from the original record.
Runtime 10 min
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Performance footage from the founder’s Detroit nightclub era.
Hosted on YouTube by its uploader. Embedded here; not rehosted.
Sources
Every document this film rests on is public. Here is where to find them, so you can check the film against the record rather than take its word.
The criminal case
State of Michigan. Tried without a jury; the defendant was acquitted.
People v Arabo — preliminary examination
Transcript · 36th District Court, Detroit · No. 10-62658 · Hon. Kenneth J. King
October 6, 2010
People v Arabo — arraignment on the Information
Transcript · Wayne County Circuit Court · No. 10-010731 · Hon. David A. Groner
October 20, 2010
People v Arabo — docket conference
Transcript · Wayne County Circuit Court · No. 10-010731 · Hon. David A. Groner
November 10, 2010
People v Arabo — calendar conference
Transcript · Wayne County Circuit Court · No. 10-010731 · Hon. Daniel A. Hathaway
November 12, 2010
People v Arabo — motion hearing, discovery
Transcript · Wayne County Circuit Court · No. 10-010731 · Hon. Daniel A. Hathaway
January 5, 2011
People v Arabo — pretrial
Transcript · Wayne County Circuit Court · No. 10-010731 · Hon. Daniel A. Hathaway
February 15, 2011
People v Arabo — waiver trial and verdict
Transcript · Wayne County Circuit Court · No. 10-010731 · Hon. Daniel A. Hathaway
February 25, 2011
The federal civil case
Depositions are listed by the deponent's role. The docket number is the retrieval key.
Deposition of the shift supervisor on duty that night
Deposition transcript · U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan · No. 12-11003 · transcript from the parties; the docket is on PACER / RECAP
September 20, 2012
Deposition of the casino's Director of Surveillance
Deposition transcript · U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan · No. 12-11003 · transcript from the parties; the docket is on PACER / RECAP
September 19, 2012
Arabo v Greektown Casino — the district opinion, as reprinted
Journal reprint of the opinion dismissing the constitutional claims · Gaming Law Review and Economics · 17(1):55–60 · DOI 10.1089/glre.2012.17111 (reprinting E.D. Mich. No. 12-11003, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135439)
February 2013
Arabo v Greektown Casino, LLC — appeal
Opinion — dismissal affirmed (unpublished, per curiam) · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · No. 13-1636 · govinfo USCOURTS-ca6-13-01636
January 15, 2014
Petition for a writ of certiorari
Filing — certiorari denied · Supreme Court of the United States · No. 13-1254 · on petition from the Sixth Circuit, No. 13-1636
Denied June 23, 2014
The public records case
Brought by the subject of the film. Published, and still cited.
Arabo v Michigan Gaming Control Board
Published opinion · Michigan Court of Appeals · 310 Mich App 370 · 872 NW2d 223
2015
Rotta v City of Ludington
Opinion citing the above (unpublished) · Michigan Court of Appeals · No. 378444 · LC No. 2024-000199-CZ
July 17, 2026
Cases and statutes named on screen
People v Kyllonen
Opinion — specific intent · Michigan Supreme Court · 402 Mich 135
1978
Uston v Resorts International Hotel
Opinion — exclusion of a skilled player · Supreme Court of New Jersey · 89 NJ 163
1982
Michigan Freedom of Information Act, fees
Statute · MCL 15.234 · Michigan Legislature
as enacted and amended
Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act
Statute · MCL 432.209, 432.212a, 432.218 · Michigan Legislature
as enacted and amended
State and business records
Liquor Control Commission hearing
Transcript · Michigan Liquor Control Commission · complaints 9-137311 and 9-137436
February 23, 2010
Licence transfer records
FOIA response — state paper · Michigan Liquor Control Commission · by FOIA request
2007 transaction
Court transcripts are ordered from the court that made them. Federal filings are on PACER and mirrored free on RECAP. Michigan opinions and statutes are published online.
The record, by email — the case, the corrections, the count.