Class-action lawsuit filed over burial problems at Detroit cemetery
After three days of digging and investigating, some families are moving forward with a class-action lawsuit.
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After three days of digging and investigating, some families are moving forward with a class-action lawsuit.
Families say authorities are finding bodies buried on top of bodies and that cemetery officials are being evasive.
Cemetery which i think is behind you. >> we're going to see researchers and archaeologists go to a back corner and begin a highly amendmented archaeological dig where they're going to excavate human remains they believe may be victims of the 1921 race massacre. they're going to bring the bodies up to study and identify and potentially connect them to family members. so what that looks like is bringing heavy machinery, a backhoe that is already on site, bring it on to the grounds, remove siel and move close to the coffins they already found. then you will see them get down in there with small t...
It and there's a difference that a year makes, and we still must hold on to hold many accountable. >> antonia, you have been speaking with the team involved with this escalation. excavation. what are they telling you about the work they are starting today? >> reporter: it's an emotional and solemn start to the process. researchers and archaeologists and community members and descendants are here on the cemetery grounds. they have already brought out heavy machinery, a backhoe and will move the topsoil above coffins from the mass grave they already identified and then we will see archaeologists...
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