(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, with marchers heading to the site of three infamous killings in 1967 to hear older activists speak.
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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As marchers head back with a police escort, a couple of the self-proclaimed medics stop to help a man they find on the sidewalk outside the Amtrak station.
The man got up, and an ambulance took him. Unknown if he was part of the march or observing it.
We’ll see if any speeches are made to wrap up the night, but so far, it appears to be another night of peaceful protesting downtown.
Organizer Tristan Taylor says he hopes it is clear whose shoulders the marchers stand on, and that those shoulders are strong.
He says the crowd has heard from the «official folks» in Detroit and «they have so much to teach us.»
Taylor tells marchers they are going to have to make their own history, using everything available to them.
«We march today and we march tomorrow,» he says before marchers begin to head back.
Taylor says one of the issues to address with Mayor Mike Duggan during a meeting Tuesday with march organizers are water shutoffs.
«We have the moment and the momentum to really make change,» he tells marchers.
A longtime activist from Detroit’s east side starts and ends his speech with «black lives matter, white lives matter, humanity and nature matter.»
«I’m so proud of ya’ll,» he tells the marchers, adding of protests going on in all 50 states across the country: «This is unprecedented.
