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Protesters and Detroit Riot Police officers engage in an escalating series of confrontations in Downtown Detroit following a day of protests for the death of George Floyd on May 29, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)
A photograph of me placed in a chokehold by a Detroit police officer went viral. The chokehold occurred on July 10 at a protest held after the Detroit Police Department murdered
Hakim Littleton, a 20-year-old Black man.
The city of Detroit is claiming I was never placed in a chokehold. see below pic.twitter.com/pssT1PlNqt Nakia Wallace (@NakiaRWallace) December 4, 2020
Police Chief
Protests continue over charges from past Shelby protest incident
Detroit Will Breathe representatives hold a press conference Feb. 1 outside the Shelby Township Police Department to call for charges to be dropped against five people who were arrested during a protest in October. Sammie Lewis, a representative for Detroit Will Breathe, was one of the people who spoke during the press conference.
Screenshot from live YouTube event
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SHELBY TOWNSHIP A press conference was held in Shelby Township at 10 a.m. Feb. 1 addressing charges that stemmed from a local protest Oct. 24, in which residents from the metro Detroit area came together to protest against the Shelby Township Police Department.
Detroit police reviewing eviction policy after assisting landlord who wrongfully kicked mom out of home
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Detroit police reworking eviction policy after tenants wrongfully removed
Detroit police are reviewing policy relating to how their officers approach landlord-tenant disagreements after one woman and her kids were wrongfully kicked out of their apartment. Activists are encouraging others to speak up about their own experiences as well.
Falsely labeled as a squatter by her landlord in late 2016, White says she was the victim of a lie that was perpetrated by law enforcement who forced her out of her home. I had nowhere to go and I ultimately ended up homeless because of it, she said.
Moratorium Now! Coalition
Monday, February 22, 2021 @ 7 pm EST
Moderated by: Anthony Ali, Derek Grigsby
Zoom Technical Support: Cassie Williams
Opening: Video with Protest Footage and a clip from Malcolm X Speech
LAND/LIBATION
Introduction
The purpose of this forum, during Black history month, is to make the connection of Police terror and repression during the time of Malcolm X assassination, 57 years ago, February 21, 1965, with the actions of the Police today which are the culminations for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Presentations Sammie Lewis, Organizer, Detroit Will Breathe, BLM Sarah Torres, Musician, Moratorium Now! Coalition Julie Hurwitz of the National Lawyers Guild