Chris Gelardi
AT THE END of August, activists in Detroit, like those in dozens of U.S. cities, sued their local government for its police department’s reaction to this year’s Black Lives Matter mobilization. Their complaint alleges that Detroit cops “repeatedly responded with violence” when they took to the streets and includes photos and descriptions of some of the gruesome resulting injuries: bruised and broken ribs, concussions, a collapsed lung, a fractured pelvis. In light of this brutality, the protesters asked a federal judge to bar the police from using “tools of excessive force,” like chemical weapons, sound cannons, and rubber bullets, against them.
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The Detroit protests against police brutality began on May 29, just days after the death of George Floyd, who died on May 25 at the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. Within days, more marches were organized in Troy, Grosse Pointe, Shelby Township and beyond kicking off what would become a summer of largely peaceful protests to proclaim that Black lives matter, to call for police reform and demand justice for George Floyd, Priscilla Slater, Breonna Taylor and more.
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Jah-T of Detroit along with fellow protesters pause along their march at The Fist, a sculpture dedicated to Joe Louis, to listen to speeches on.
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Detroit sues Black Lives Matter for creating a civil conspiracy by using terms like chokehold to incite looting and protests that endangered the police and public
Detroit Will Breathe (DWB) activists launched a lawsuit against the city government and the Detroit Police Department in August
In September, a temporary order was issued by a court to prevent DPD from using batons, shields, rubber bullets and other use of force
City has now filed a countersuit claiming that DWB illegally, maliciously, and wrongfully conspired with one another to disturb the peace
by Violet Ikonomova Before he was killed by police, Hakim Littleton was trying to get out of Detroit. The plan, according to those close to him, went like this: When he wrapped up a probation sentence for a crime committed as a juvenile, he and his girlfriend would head for Arizona, where they would marry and start anew.
Hakim Littleton and Malica White planned to move west and start a family.
(Photo: Malica White) Littleton, 20, and Malica White, 18, had been together for two years since meeting at her neighborhood liquor store in Oak Park Malica stopping in to buy snacks and Littleton ringing her up at the register. They were in love, White’s mother said, and would pass hours together on the couch, limbs entwined. He’d all but moved into the family’s home, where he was a father figure of sorts, helping care for Malica’s special-needs siblings and picking up around the house. Despite being drawn to life on the streets, Littleton see