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Detroit drops most citations from summer protests

Many of the citations in Detroit, the city said, stemmed from a citywide curfew on May 31 and June 1-2 that prohibited activity after 8 p.m. unless it was connected to work, going to the doctor, pharmacy or grocery store and for disruptive and violent behavior.
Protesters against police brutality sued the city of Detroit on Monday, seeking to ban police from using batons, riot gear, tear gas and rubber bullets against them.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court claims Detroit police used those objects to fracture bones, inflict baseball-size lumps and concussions, collapse lungs and cause other injuries that left Black Lives Matter protesters hospitalized and disoriented during marches in Detroit that started on May 29. ....

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Deadline Detroit | Detroit Council approves $200,000 for Black Lives Matter legal battle

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Violet Ikonomova
A Detroit Will Breathe protest in the summer of 2020. (file photo)
Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved $200,000 in spending on a lawsuit seeking damages from largely peaceful racial-justice demonstrators who the city claims were part of a civil conspiracy.
The contract with the Clark Hill law firm will go toward defending the city against an excessive-force suit filed by Detroit Will Breathe and supporting its counterclaim against the activist group.
The spending was approved in a contentious 5-4 vote, with councilmembers opposed arguing it could have a chilling effect on dissent and that a countersuit is not needed to prove whether demonstrators acted inappropriately. ....

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Detroit dismissing most misdemeanor citations issued during George Floyd protests

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Detroit decided to dismiss most misdemeanor citations issued during certain days of the protests over George Floyd’s death, an official announced on Tuesday.
Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia said in a release that most of the misdemeanor citations given between May 31 and June 2 last year were for violating the 8 p.m. curfew declared in the city.
The city’s law department and police department spent the months since the demonstrations looking into videos and other evidence of the violations, she said, before deciding to dismiss a majority of the charges.
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“Although certain cases from these two dates will be pursued, the city believes it is best to dismiss the vast majority of citations,” she said. ....

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