The stark video footage of George Floyd s death, and its viral dissemination across news outlets and social media platforms, galvanized the nation on an entirely different level, sparking demonstrations in which leaders as diverse as the Rev. Al Sharpton and U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney expressed their common revulsion at Chauvin s brutality.
In Detroit, a new generation of activists took to the streets, demanding a comprehensive re-examination of policing in America s largest majority Black city. The protesters called out what they say is institutional racism and implicit bias in the criminal justice system, and demanded that lawmakers divert taxpayer dollars from military-grade armaments and surveillance technology to more holistic public safety strategies.
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Wayne County is adding COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Belleville and Flat Rock as the state battles a surge in cases during the pandemic.
County health department officials said the expansion will increase the weekly capacity to as many as 20,000 doses with a total of four clinics administering the vaccine.
On Saturday, Michigan added 5,530 COVID-19 cases and 69 deaths as the state closed in on the the weekly case record set in November. Our goal is to get as many shots in arms as fast as we can, and to make it easy for our residents to do that, said Wayne County Executive Warren Evans in a statement. We have vaccine. We have four regional clinics. Now is the time for everyone to get vaccinated. The surest way we can put this pandemic behind us is for everyone to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
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