(Follow along below for updates on the protest through the night.) Protests in Detroit following the death of George Floyd two weeks ago in Minneapolis…
(Follow along below for updates on the protest through the night.)
Protests in Detroit following the death of George Floyd two weeks ago in Minneapolis continued for an 11th straight night Monday.
Hundreds have been gathering each night for protests of violence against African-Americans. For several days, protesters have been able to march past an 8 p.m. curfew, which Mayor Mike Duggan said Monday he would not renew because of the positive tone of recent marches.
Monday’s demonstration comes on the two-week anniversary of Floyd’s death. It’s also the same day that there is a public viewing for Lloyd in Houston. The former Minneapolis police officer charged in Lloyd’s death also made his first court appearance Monday.
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Marchers are heading toward the site of the former Algiers Motel on Woodward, where three young black men – Carl Cooper, 17, Fred Temple, 18, and Aubrey Pollard, 19 –were killed in late July 1967 at the height of civil disturbance in the city.
