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Detroit May Day 2021 march with Moratorium NOW! Coalition, Detroit Will Breathe, among others
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Detroit Police Chief Departs

May 18, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the summer of 2020 there have been consistent calls for the resignation of Detroit police chief James Craig. Craig announced on May 10 that he was retiring from the Detroit Police […]
Protesters rally in solidarity with essential workers against Kroger Co ’s plan to shutdown stores
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Los Angeles community groups organize to fight “food deserts”

May 12, 2021 fwstaff
By SoCal SCLC [Editor’s Note: Detroit knows about “food deserts.” The 26th largest city in the United States with a population of over 664,000, Detroit saw its last major chain supermarket close in 2007. Kroger […]
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Detroit Police Chief Craig Must Go!

May 7, 2021 fwstaff
By Moratorium Now! Coalition Police Chief Craig is speaking against our elected officials, Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Maxine Waters, because they are speaking for the people. Representative Tlaib stated: “We continue to see death after […]
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Lift Up Filipino Working Women This May Day

May 4, 2021 fwstaff
By GABRIELA USA – National Alliance of Filipino Women For Immediate Release May 1, 2021 Reference: Irma Shauf-Bajar, Chairperson, gabrielawomen@gmail.com On May 1st, International Workers’ Day, GABRIELA USA highlights the rise of Filipino women workers […]
An entire neighborhood destroyed when police dropped a bomb on the MOVE house in Philadelphia, 1985
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Malcolm X Commemoration Committee Press Statement Condemns ‘Theft’ of Remains of MOVE Children!

May 4, 2021 fwstaff
By Zayid Muhammad, Malcolm X Commemoration Committee When Bombing A Black Family, Killing Defenseless Men Women and Children and Destroying an Entire Neighborhood is not enough!… Their names were Delisha Africa and Tree Africa. They […]
Hazel Park press conference youth come out in support of Armani
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Drop the Charges Against Armani!

May 4, 2021 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff There was a press conference held at the Hazel Park City Hall, a suburb right across the border from Detroit, on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, which demanded that the false […]
The Kill Shot (from DPD video)
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Didn’t the police have the option to arrest rather than execute Hakim Littleton?

May 4, 2021 fwstaff
By Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability On April 7, 2021, the Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the results of her investigation into the murder of Hakim Littleton. This decision serves only to raise […]
Elizabeth City African American Andrew Brown, Jr.
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Police Reforms Prove Inadequate to End Misconduct and Brutality

May 3, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As demonstrations erupt across the United States against the oppression inflicted on the African American people, the first three months of the presidency of Joe Biden and his administration has been marked […]
Black Syndicate Motorcycle Club lead the demeonstration along Washtenaw Ave on April 17, 2021 WDIV
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Protest Honoring George Floyd (9:29) held in Ann Arbor, MI

May 3, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A protest against police killings and brutality against African Americans was held in Ann Arbor, MI on April 17. More than 100 protestors from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti were joined by […]
Detroit rally at Clark Park art work, April 17, 2021
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Stop Racist Police Killings!: Rally-Speakout at Detroit’s Clark Park

May 3, 2021 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff In response to another wave of police attacks and killings of African American and Latin American people in the United States, activists are taking to the streets to denounce racist […]