Detroit — Protests continued Monday in Metro Detroit, with demonstrators in downtown Detroit and Troy calling for justice after the death of George Floyd during…
Detroit — Protests continued Monday in Metro Detroit, with demonstrators in downtown Detroit and Troy calling for justice after the death of George Floyd during a police incident last week in Minneapolis.
By early evening, several hundred protesters had gathered at the corner of Michigan and Third for the fourth day of rallying in downtown Detroit against police brutality, while hundreds marched near Somerset Collection in Troy.
The organizers of the Detroit protest assembled next to the parking lot of Detroit’s Public Safety headquarters building. On past nights, groups convened their demonstrations in the lot and along the grass out in front of the police building. But on Monday, the perimeter was fenced off and the parking lot gates were shuttered.
Some walked up in groups, carrying American flags or signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and “Silence is Violence.” Others rode up on bicycles and with leashed dogs. Organizers took turns speaking, noting they would head toward Vernier in southwest Detroit and already have planned another gathering and march for Tuesday.
Maura Rosner of Ferndale joined the group Monday after noting she’d been among a group detained a couple days earlier and cited for disorderly conduct. She contends she was arrested around 7 p.m. Saturday while standing with the crowd and holding a sign. She had to post a $100 bond to get out of jail.
