A weird thing happened right after the Nov. 3 election: nothing. The nation was braced for chaos. Liberal groups had vowed to take to the streets, planning hundreds of protests across the country. Right-wing militias were girding for battle. In a.
Police arrest twelve activists demanding housing for the homeless in Olympia, Washington
On Sunday, Olympia police forcibly evicted 45 homeless activists from the Red Lion Hotel, and 12 people were arrested on burglary and trespassing charges. According to the police, the homeless activists had “forcibly occupied” and attempted to “take over the hotel” and an employee was said to have been assaulted when they tried to close the door.
The activist group Oly Housing Now (OHN) had booked 17 rooms for the homeless and said they would stay there until Thurston County arranged for permanent housing. The activist group demanded that Thurston County Health Department apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to shelter the county’s homeless.
Detroit City Council approves funding for counter-lawsuit against police violence protesters
As reported earlier by the
World Socialist Web Site, attorneys representing the City of Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit Police Chief James Craig and several police officers filed a countersuit against DWB protesters for “civil conspiracy,” inciting riots, destroying public property and other “illegal acts” on September 25.
Protesters march in a rally in Detroit, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
The countersuit was part of the city’s response to a lawsuit filed by DWB in August that resulted in the imposition of a temporary restraining order against the use by Detroit Police Department (DPD) officers of excessive force against demonstrators.
Detroit drops cases against BLM protesters but Macomb County presses on
By Taryn Asher and David Komer online producer
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - Nakia Wallace is one of the leaders of the activist group Detroit Will Breathe.
Wallace is also one of a handful of protesters still facing charges in Detroit after the city and its police department decided to dismiss the majority of misdemeanor tickets from May 29th to June 2nd.
Detroit Black Lives Matter protesters have tickets dropped by Detroit, but Macomb County cases still going
Detroit city attorney Lawrence Garcia said in a statement they studied video tape and because not every demonstrator who violated curfew was ticketed, and many citations were never submitted to the court, they decided to throw them out.