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While the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin continues in Minneapolis, other legal proceedings have cropped up around the country in connection to the civil rights movement that followed the killing of George Floyd.
In Detroit, anti-police brutality protesters scored a number of recent legal wins. Last month, a federal judge tossed out a city countersuit filed against protesters, which alleged they had engaged in a civil conspiracy. The plaintiffs, anchored by the Detroit Will Breathe collective, continue to pursue their complaint against the Detroit Police Department, which alleges officers used excessive force to squash the street marches, violating demonstrators’ First Amendment rights in the process.
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Attorneys who worked to secure $641.5M settlement for Flint residents asking to be paid
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Lawyers who helped get a settlement for Flint residents are asking for their money.
FLINT, Mich. (FOX 2) - The hundreds of attorneys who helped secure a $641.5 million settlement for Flint residents impacted by the water crisis are seeking their cut. My firm alone put in over 2,000 hours, said Julie Hurwitz, partner at Goodman Hurwitz PC. Everybody needs to get paid for their work. This is part of our job.
Hurwitz said all of the lawyers who helped with the case worked a combined 180,000 hours.
A request has been submitted to the courts to receive $202 million of the settlement.
Moratorium Now! Coalition
Monday, February 22, 2021 @ 7 pm EST
Moderated by: Anthony Ali, Derek Grigsby
Zoom Technical Support: Cassie Williams
Opening: Video with Protest Footage and a clip from Malcolm X Speech
LAND/LIBATION
Introduction
The purpose of this forum, during Black history month, is to make the connection of Police terror and repression during the time of Malcolm X assassination, 57 years ago, February 21, 1965, with the actions of the Police today which are the culminations for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Presentations Sammie Lewis, Organizer, Detroit Will Breathe, BLM Sarah Torres, Musician, Moratorium Now! Coalition Julie Hurwitz of the National Lawyers Guild