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Black Lives Matter sign citation leads to federal lawsuit against Grosse Pointe Shores
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GROSSE POINTE SHORES A since-rescinded violation notice over a Black Lives Matter sign in a front yard has led to a lawsuit against Grosse Pointe Shores filed by one of the city’s residents.
On Dec. 8, Shores resident Todd Russell Perkins a prominent local attorney filed suit against the Shores and two of its public safety officers in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The suit alleges that the Shores violated Perkins’ First Amendment rights and civil rights by issuing him a citation over the Black Lives Matter sign, and it argues that Shores’ sign ordinance is “constitutionally vague and overbroad.”