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The 1970 Memorial Park riot was a civil disturbance by alienated white youths that began in Royal Oak, Michigan, on August 24, 1970, and spread to Birmingham, Michigan, both primarily white middle class suburbs of Detroit. The initial conflict resulted from the closure by police of Memorial Park in Royal Oak.
Protests occurred again that day, with about 100 protesters staying past the 7 pm curfew to confront a National Guard barricade on Michigan Avenue. [38] Assistant Chief Vernon Coakley Jr. and City Manager Jim Ritsema spoke with protesters for about forty minutes after the curfew, attempting to have them march away from the site with no success ...
This is the scene on the Michigan Capitol lawn right now where protesters affiliated with a myriad of groups are staging a protest partly against the stay at home order, partly against Governor Whitmer on the day her emergency declaration is set to expire. 200-300 ppl our here. [13] Earlier, he had made another tweet: LIBERATE MICHIGAN [15]
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Protests started in the first hours after police released bodycam footage of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating.
UK police prepared for planned far-right protests and other demonstrations this weekend, after two nights of unrest in several English towns and cities following a mass stabbing that killed three ...
A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10]
Biden's Michigan win by 154,000 votes had been officially certified by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers in November. [153] On December 12, 2020, post-election protests were held in Washington, D.C., in which at least nine people were transported from the protest by D.C. Fire and emergency medical service workers for hospital treatment ...