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Judge temporarily bans Detroit police from chokeholds, rubber bullets against protesters [View all]
From https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-detroit-idUSKBN25W09S
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 / 1:54 AM / UPDATED 9 HOURS AGO
Judge temporarily bans Detroit police from chokeholds, rubber bullets against protesters
Kanishka Singh
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A federal judge temporarily barred Detroit police from the use of striking weapons, chokeholds, chemical agents and rubber bullets against demonstrators, medical support personnel and legal observers in the city’s ongoing anti-racism protests.
U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Michelson partially granted a restraining order late on Friday after activist group “Detroit Will Breathe” alleged that the police had responded to peaceful demonstrations with “beatings, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, sound cannons, flash grenades, chokeholds, and mass arrests without probable cause.”
The group said such police tactics were violations of “First and Fourth Amendment rights”, which include the practice of free speech, according to filings made in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Judge temporarily bans Detroit police from chokeholds, rubber bullets against protesters
Kanishka Singh
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A federal judge temporarily barred Detroit police from the use of striking weapons, chokeholds, chemical agents and rubber bullets against demonstrators, medical support personnel and legal observers in the city’s ongoing anti-racism protests.
U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Michelson partially granted a restraining order late on Friday after activist group “Detroit Will Breathe” alleged that the police had responded to peaceful demonstrations with “beatings, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, sound cannons, flash grenades, chokeholds, and mass arrests without probable cause.”
The group said such police tactics were violations of “First and Fourth Amendment rights”, which include the practice of free speech, according to filings made in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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