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Protesters demonstrated in front of the Chelsea Police Department Friday, confronting Chief Edward Toth after he said the department will not dismiss charges against people who protested in the streets over the summer in a case that has divided the small town and has led to a constitutional court battle. Toth said Friday that it is not within the Police Department’s authority to drop civil charges after they have been submitted to the court and that it is up to a judge to rule on the charges, which is scheduled to occur Monday. This follows a City Council meeting earlier this week in which ...

Chelsea City Council voted to recommend the town's police department drop charges against protesters.

Detroit Free Press Mya King is one of few people of color in the small town of Chelsea. The 16-year-old says she has experienced racism throughout her life living there. When protests for racial justice erupted across the country last summer, Chelsea became divided between supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement and residents who oppose it.  King took to the streets to exercise her birthright as an American — freedom of speech and expression — to advocate for racial justice.  She left one protest with a busted mouth after a drunken counterprotester allegedly punched her in the f...