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A District Court judge has dismissed charges against the final group of summer protesters Monday after the city again failed to present sufficient evidence, ending a months-long battle between the city of Detroit and demonstrators. Monday s hearing before 36th District Judge Jacquelyn McClinton involved 19 defendants who were among hundreds of Detroit demonstrators slapped with misdemeanors last summer during mass protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. The protests continued daily throughout the summer and into the fall and marked the birth of Detroit Will Breathe, an activist organization that led Detroit protests. The group of 19 defendants carried 27 charges and were represented by David Cripps and John Royal of the National Lawyers Guild Detroit as part of the Detroit Coordinated Defense Coalition, an effort by local defense attorneys to offer free representation to summer protesters. The majority of charges ....
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NLG Members and supporters: We are delighted to announce that there will be a virtual NLG Anniversary Dinner this month! So, please, save the time and date because you can’t miss it. Detroit & Michigan National Lawyers Guild 84th Anniversary Dinner, Sunday, February 21 4:00 pm On Sunday, Feb 21, our keynote speaker will be the exciting new member of Congress, Cori Bush, of St Louis. A veteran of the 2014 Ferguson uprising, a nurse, pastor, and organizer on the ground in the movement for Black lives – she brings her energy, experience, and brilliance to the fight for justice, now raging across America, to the halls of Congress. We are thrilled that Cori Bush will livestream to share her time and words with us. ....