protests Archives - The Handbuilt City

DPD: “There could be no possible justification” to send DHS officers to Detroit

July 21, 2020July 24, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments detroit police, detroit police department, george floyd, governance, police brutality, protest movements, protests

The Detroit Police Department has released a statement categorically distancing itself from the threat of federal intervention in ongoing, local protests.

Public Health Public Safety Movements & Organizing

A Tale Of Two Protests

June 29, 2020July 27, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments 1a, 2a, black lives matter, chief craig, demonstrations, Detroit, economic justice, gun rights, guns, LGBTQ, LGBTx, mike duggan, pride, protest, protesters, protests, second amendment, social justice, St. Louis

A screaming couple brandished guns at St. Louis protesters walking past their mansion, while in Detroit, a bootstrapped protest roused a multiethnic, LGBTx crowd to bike around Southwest Detroit.

Public Safety Gun Control Movements & Organizing

Black Guns Matter: Firearm Culture and the Protest Movement

June 17, 2020June 19, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments AK47, AR15, black lives matter, black panthers, demonstrations, detroit police, george floyd, gun culture, guns, protest, protest movements, protesters, protests, second amendment

Guns in protest movements have a long, colorful history. Do they have a place in the modern movement against police brutality and militarization? Nat speaks with Ontario-based firearms enthusiast and scholar AJ Somerset.

Business & Economics Adaptation & Resilience

Anecdotes from The Alleged Retail Apocalypse

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments big box, big box retail, black lives matter, consumer spending, coronavirus, cottage industry, covid, COVID19, Detroit, detroit economy, hardware, hardware stores, local economy, protests, retail, retail apocalypse, retail economy, supply chain, supply chains

Is retail dead? Probably not. Big box retail, though, may need to rethink some things.

Politics Public Safety

Statement on the May 30, 2020 Detroit Protests

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments black lives matter, BLM, civil unrest, demonstrations, detroit police department, DPD, george floyd, police, police brutality, protesters, protests, public safety

Last night at a protest over the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, Detroit riot police teargassed and pepper sprayed protesters– and members of the media.