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Chris Gelardi
AT THE END of August, activists in Detroit, like those in dozens of U.S. cities, sued their local government for its police department’s reaction to this year’s Black Lives Matter mobilization. Their complaint alleges that Detroit cops “repeatedly responded with violence” when they took to the streets and includes photos and descriptions of some of the gruesome resulting injuries: bruised and broken ribs, concussions, a collapsed lung, a fractured pelvis. In light of this brutality, the protesters asked a federal judge to bar the police from using “tools of excessive force,” like chemical weapons, sound cannons, and rubber bullets, against them.
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The Detroit protests against police brutality began on May 29, just days after the death of George Floyd, who died on May 25 at the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. Within days, more marches were organized in Troy, Grosse Pointe, Shelby Township and beyond kicking off what would become a summer of largely peaceful protests to proclaim that Black lives matter, to call for police reform and demand justice for George Floyd, Priscilla Slater, Breonna Taylor and more.
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Jah-T of Detroit along with fellow protesters pause along their march at The Fist, a sculpture dedicated to Joe Louis, to listen to speeches on.