Appointed by Barack Obama
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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It’s almost like left wing judges want more and more deaths.
Protest is not free speech.
There is no undifferentiated right to protest.
Excellent response by the police chief.
W.T.F.?!
“A federal judge”
A cancerous tumor in this Republic”
There. Fix it.
Appointed by Barack Obama
The Chief should put Judge Laurie Michelson under surveillance it’s clear she’s corrupt
Obama appointee.
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
Forgot to add this. “President Obama nominated Michelson”
Okay Detroiters! - Burn the mutha down!
You just got the okay... and I don’t mean the white power sign..
That leaves guns.
GUILTY
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.
Holycrap, a conehead
Sounds like that should be easy to comply with. The truly peaceful ones won’t be the problem.
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