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Chelsea Community Forum summary from Feb. 12, 2022

February 22, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A Washtenaw County judge is set to rule today on whether citations issued last summer during a racial injustice protest in Chelsea should be dismissed. That follows a protest Friday in front of the Chelsea Police Department after Chief Edward Toth said his department will not dismiss the civil charges against 29 people issued $180 tickets for impeding traffic. All of those who were ticketed last July, including seven...

Chelsea police chief wont drop charges against protesters, legal battle continues Omar Abdel-Baqui, Detroit Free Press Protesters demonstrated in front of the Chelsea Police Department Friday, confronting Chief Edward Toth after he said the department will not dismiss charges against people who protested in the streets over the summer in a case that has divided the small town and has led to a constitutional court battle. Toth said Friday that it is not within the Police Departm...

Protesters demonstrated in front of the Chelsea Police Department Friday, confronting Chief Edward Toth after he said the department will not dismiss charges against people who protested in the streets over the summer in a case that has divided the small town and has led to a constitutional court battle. Toth said Friday that it is not within the Police Department’s authority to drop civil charges after they have been submitted to the court and that it is up to a judge to rule on the charges,...

Detroit Free Press Mya King is one of few people of color in the small town of Chelsea. The 16-year-old says she has experienced racism throughout her life living there. When protests for racial justice erupted across the country last summer, Chelsea became divided between supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement and residents who oppose it.  King took to the streets to exercise her birthright as an American — freedom of speech and expression — to advocate for racial justice.  She ...