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marmar

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Fri Feb 11, 2022, 08:36 PM Feb 2022

James Craig, who brutalized BLM protesters as Police Chief, says he supports Canadian truckers [View all]


(Detroit Metro Times) Oh, the hypocrisy.

James Craig, the former chief of the Detroit Police Department who is currently running as a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, said he supports the Canadian anti-vaccination protesters who have paralyzed travel across the border with their blockade of trucks.

"I stand with the truckers," Craig said in a statement issued Friday. "I support all working people who are standing up for personal freedom."

It seems that if Craig is a defender of the right to protest, he is selective in his support, however.

In 2020, DPD responded with a crackdown when Black Lives Matter protesters, led by local group Detroit Will Breathe, took to the streets of Detroit as part of the wave of protests across the nation against police brutality, following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George of Floyd. ..................(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/james-craig-who-brutalized-blm-protesters-as-detroits-police-chief-says-he-supports-canadian-truckers/Content?oid=29319625#.YgcOiYyJJPg.link




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