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“I Thought It Would Be Worse,” said a Detroit cop of a protest last year. “I Wanted More.”

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments black lives matter, chief james craig, civil rights, CS, Detroit, detroit east side, detroit mayor mike duggan, detroit police, detroit police chief james craig, detroit police department, detroit west side, detroit will breathe, documentary, federal lawsuit, george floyd, george floyd protests, george gorman, gratiot avenue, james craig, james demps, jon talbert, kate levy, kate levy documentarian, lawsuit, less lethal bullets, litigation, mariah erard, mayor mike duggan, mcnichols rd, mike duggan, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police violence, riot control, riot gear, rosa parks transit center, rubber bullets, tear gas, todd bettison

CONTENT WARNING: The 22-minute video and the clips I’ve taken from it below include some disturbing and extremely graphic imagery,

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No Tear Gas at Sixth Night of Protests in Detroit; Journalists Again Assaulted

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments ACLU, breonna taylor, chief craig, city of detroit, civil rights, Constitutional rights, Detroit, detroit police department, downtown detroit, DPD, east side, george floyd, gratiot, james craig, protest, public safety

While last night’s protest ended relatively peacefully, with no tear gas or rubber bullets, assaults of journalists continued in a troubling trend.

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YouLam No. 2 – February 2020

February 10, 2020February 11, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments black history month, civil rights, coronavirus, current events, detroit regional chamber, Donald Trump, global economy, michigan, news, ontario, pennsylvania, rockvale square, state of transit, stock market, thurgood marshall, transportation riders united, w.e.b. dubois, youlam

Happy February. It is Black History Month! It’s also Leap Year, which means we have the opportunity to enjoy 3.6%

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