Detroit — Day 7 of protests in Detroit kicked off Thursday against institutional racism and police brutality with speeches outside of Detroit Police Department headquarters about …
Detroit — Day 7 of protests in Detroit kicked off Thursday against institutional racism and police brutality with speeches outside of Detroit Police Department headquarters about change as about 300 people prepared to march.
“I want to have a public discussion, where everybody can sit down and talk,” said Stefan Perez,16, who started protesting this week and has been a leader behind the effort.
Perez and other protesters said they didn’t want half-solutions to ending police brutality and social injustice.
“I don’t want to make it temporary,” he said. “I want to make it permanent this time.”
Demonstrators launched their march at about 6:15 p.m. first through Midtown and heading toward the New Center area.
Patricia Moore of Detroit wore an “I can’t breathe” mask and shirt. She said she was marching “because Floyd didn’t deserve to die like that.
«I got six sons and they don’t deserve to die like that,» Moore said. «Something has got to change. I’m tired of holding my breath and waiting for it to happen to me.”
Moore,56, has been protesting throughout the week. “I feel like this generation, they aren’t going to quit,” she said. “My generation didn’t press it like this. This generation is something different. I’m glad.”
Protests in Detroit started Friday as rage spread across the country following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed while in Minneapolis police custody.
