At around 5:30 this morning, Wayne State University police with riot gear, batons, and shields entered and removed a peaceful encampment set up in protest of the ongoing crisis in Palestine and Israel, according to widespread media reports and videos posted to social media. The University said that
According to widespread media reports and videos posted to social media, yesterday morning, University of Michigan Police with riot gear, batons, and shields entered and removed a peaceful encampment set up in protest of the ongoing crisis in Israel and Palestine.
Today, the ACLU of Michigan sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) on behalf of a freelance investigative journalist whose public information requests were denied by the MDOC in violation of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
DETROIT, Mich. - The ACLU of Michigan is aware that University of Michigan students have joined other university communities across the nation in setting up a peaceful tent encampment on the Diag, the University’s most prominent public space.