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Federal Judge Orders Detroit Police to Stop Using Batons, Gas, Chokeholds on ‘Peaceful Protesters’
The Epoch Times ^ | September 5, 2020 | Tom Ozimek

Posted on 09/05/2020 3:40:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

A federal judge has issued a restraining order, temporarily barring Detroit police from using a range of response tactics—including tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons—against “peaceful protesters” after a group accused officers of excessive force, with the city’s police chief dismissing the decision, saying no such methods have been used on people protesting peacefully.

U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Michelson partially granted a temporary restraining order filed on Aug. 31 by Detroit Will Breathe against the city of Detroit (pdf), accusing police of using brutal tactics to deter protesters from practicing their free speech rights.

“Since May 29, 2020, Defendants (collectively “DPD”) have repeatedly responded to peaceful demonstrations for equal rights under the law for Black Detroiters with unnecessary, unreasonable, and excessive violence, subjecting nonviolent demonstrators to, among other things, tear-gas, pepper-spray, beatings, rubber bullets, deafening and disorienting sound cannons, police vehicles, flash grenades, chokeholds, and cordoning them off in small groups (“kettled”), and arresting en masse without probable cause,” the motion claims.

Michelson’s order, as cited by Detroit News, prohibits police from using certain tactics against peaceful protesters like using batons or shields to hit them, while extending the ban to bar the use of certain other tactics—like applying chokeholds or using vehicles for ramming—against any demonstrators whatsoever.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig responded to the order by saying his officers only have used force when protesters were not peaceful and that the ruling will not change how the department handles demonstrations, according to a statement on Twitter by the Detroit Police Department.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: clownbammyjudge; detroit; edmichigan; jamescraig; judiciary; lauriejmichelson; lauriemichelson; obamajudge; politicaljudiciary
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1 posted on 09/05/2020 3:40:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s almost like left wing judges want more and more deaths.


2 posted on 09/05/2020 3:42:23 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
to deter protesters from practicing their free speech rights

Protest is not free speech.

There is no undifferentiated right to protest.

3 posted on 09/05/2020 3:42:24 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Think like youÂ’re right, listen like youÂ’re wron)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Excellent response by the police chief.


4 posted on 09/05/2020 3:42:31 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

W.T.F.?!


5 posted on 09/05/2020 3:43:07 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“A federal judge”

A cancerous tumor in this Republic”

There. Fix it.


6 posted on 09/05/2020 3:43:29 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (Biden's)
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Detroit Police Chief James Craig responded to the order by saying his officers only have used force when protesters were not peaceful and that the ruling will not change how the department handles demonstrations.
7 posted on 09/05/2020 3:43:35 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: D Rider
Non peaceful=.338 lapua?😱
8 posted on 09/05/2020 3:43:40 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Laurie J Michelson.jpg

Appointed by Barack Obama

9 posted on 09/05/2020 3:44:47 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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The Chief should put Judge Laurie Michelson under surveillance it’s clear she’s corrupt


10 posted on 09/05/2020 3:45:20 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Obama appointee.


11 posted on 09/05/2020 3:45:21 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Look, kids, another Zerobot supporter of terrorism in black robes.


Michelson, Laurie Jill
Born 1967 in Detroit, MI

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by George Caram Steeh III. Confirmed by the Senate on March 12, 2014, and received commission on March 14, 2014.

Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2011-2014

Education:
University of Michigan, A.B., 1989
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), J.D., 1992

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Cornelia G. Kennedy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1992-1993
Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1993-2011
Other Nominations/Recess Appointments:

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, July 25, 2013; no Senate vote


12 posted on 09/05/2020 3:45:25 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Want Stalinazism More ? PLUGS-WHORE 2020 !)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Forgot to add this. “President Obama nominated Michelson”


13 posted on 09/05/2020 3:45:46 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (Biden's)
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To: 2banana

Okay Detroiters! - Burn the mutha down!

You just got the okay... and I don’t mean the white power sign..


14 posted on 09/05/2020 3:45:50 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That leaves guns.


15 posted on 09/05/2020 3:46:04 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Peaceful Protesters:


16 posted on 09/05/2020 3:46:35 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Robert DeLong

GUILTY


17 posted on 09/05/2020 3:47:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The solution is just very easy and simple. Do not have the police at any “peaceful” demostration. Then they can’t complain and use the corrupt gubmint for protection.


18 posted on 09/05/2020 3:48:33 PM PDT by ProudFossil
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To: Robert DeLong

Holycrap, a conehead


19 posted on 09/05/2020 3:51:00 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sounds like that should be easy to comply with. The truly peaceful ones won’t be the problem.


20 posted on 09/05/2020 3:52:49 PM PDT by shotgun
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