Detroit's reparations task force is in chaos after two members RESIGN and another dies less than a year after it was set up: Leavers claim there's been a 'lack of progress' and 'no broad strategic vision'

Daily Mail ^ | 12-5-23 | LAURA PARNABY

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Detroit's reparations task force has been rocked by two resignations less than a year after it was created.

Co-leader Lauren Hood said that along with southwest city representative Maurice Weeks, she had been considering leaving for months due to the group 'lacking a broad strategic vision'.

'I think, collectively, that group of people has different ideas about what reparations is fundamentally and we didn't get to a place where we had a broad strategic vision,' Hood told the Detroit News.

The task force was given a $350,000 budget to develop recommendations for housing and economic programs which 'address historical discrimination against the Black community in Detroit' according to the City Council website.

City Council leader Mary Sheffield heralded the group's launch in March with a triumphant press conference, flanked by the 13 new recruits including Hood and Weeks.

[JimRed]

Gutted the task force treasury, then departed. Hands up if you expected anything different.