EASTPOINTE Following the settlement of a lawsuit filed by four Eastpointe residents, City Council passed a motion declaring Sept. 6 as First Amendment Day.
Four Eastpointe residents who sued the city and former mayor Monique Owens in federal court alleging their First Amendment rights were violated when Owens stopped them from speaking during a council meeting have won their lawsuit.
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More than 60 people gathered at DeRonne Hardware in Eastpointe Tuesday morning to protest a lane reduction plan for Nine Mile Road that was approved by the City Council at its Feb. 6 meeting.