Civil rights activists and others in metro Detroit said they are outraged over Wednesday s violent attack on Capitol Hill noting the stark difference between how the mostly white men who stormed government buildings were treated compared to how communities of color protesting police brutality were roughly handled last year.
As the drama unfolded Wednesday, minorities and others said that the racial chasm was glaring and painful, but unfortunately, not surprising. When I see the way that Black people and people of color were treated last summer versus the way that this majority-white crowd is being treated … it’s unnerving, said Imani Thomas, 25, of Southfield. When Black Lives Matter protesters were in D.C. in the summer of 2020, we saw rubber bullets being shot at protesters who were for the most part there peacefully.
Some very horrifying shit went down in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, and while we were all glued to the news wondering what would happen to our democracy few of us spared a thought for the Washington residents enduring this crap in their town.
Advertisement
Veronica Westhrin, a Norwegian journalist who lives in D.C., wasn’t about to stand idly by while her fellow Washingtonians suffered in silence. She hit the streets to find out what her fellow residents thought of Wednesday’s failed insurrection. What she captured is kind of beautiful:
We don’t know these people’s names. No matter they are all of us.
Posted By Lee DeVito on Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 11:39 AM click to enlarge Alex Gakos / Shutterstock.com Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The extraordinary images of supporters of President Donald Trump storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday were shocking but not surprising, at least to us here in Michigan. It was basically a worse version of what happened in Lansing last year, when protesters gathered against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s pandemic orders at various points throughout the spring. Both were centered around perceived tyranny Whitmer s pandemic orders in Michigan, and Trump s baseless allegations of election fraud in Washingto
Through pandemic, floods and protests, these Michiganders helped all of us weather 2020
Updated on Dec 30, 2020;
Published on Dec 28, 2020
20 Michiganders who stepped up in 2020 are pictured in this composite image.
Twitter Share
A pandemic. A 500-year flood. A summer of clashes between activists and police. In a year that turned much of what we know about the world on its head, everyday Michiganders stepped up and navigated crisis after crisis.
Some were motivated by keeping people safe. Some were nudged into new roles, or saw their current roles take on more meaning. Some challenged conventional wisdom, pushed our buttons or taught us things. But every Michigander on this list had an impact on how our state made it through its worst year on record.
(Screenshot / Fox Business Network)
December 24, 2020
11:38 AM ET
Font Size:
Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday that his city has already “sent a message” that it will not “tolerate looting and burning buildings” and that’s why it’s taking Black Lives Matter (BLM) to court.
Detroit is suing the activist group for “civil conspiracy” and “illegal acts.”
“We sent a message this summer. We weren’t going to have a lawless zone like they had in Seattle,” Craig told Fox Business Network’s “The Evening Edit.”
“We sent a message. We weren’t going to tolerate looting and burning buildings. We sent a message. We didn’t retreat in Detroit. Because we didn’t retreat and they couldn’t get traction with Detroiters, they’re angry. So create a false narrative,” he said.