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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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January 26, 2021 From: John Royal President National Lawyers Guild Detroit & Michigan Chapter To all: The Detroit Law Dept. this morning issued a press release that it is voluntarily dismissing most of the misdemeanor criminal cases arising out of the Black Lives Matter protests in Detroit on May 31, June 1 and June 2. The…