Manoogian Mansion Protest 6/03/2020 - In front of Manoogian Mansion
Protesters in Detroit last Wednesday. (Photo: Michael Lucido)
On Monday, the day of George Floyd's public viewing in Houston, Detroit Mayor Duggan ending the city's protest curfew.
Duggan said there's no longer a need for the 8 p.m. curfew, which Chief James Craig hadn't enforced since last Tuesday because daily demonstrations were peaceful.
At a press conference, Duggan said he and Craig will meet Tuesday morning with organizers of the Detroit protests to address 23 demands the group listed, including ending cash bail and pretrial detentions and eliminating funding for the Police Department, The Detroit News reports.
"If the conversation is how do we move systemic racism out of the criminal justice system, we're going to find a lot of common group," Duggan said. "Nobody wants to fight that more than Chief Craig and I do. We have a lot of ideas. We hope it'll be constructive."
The mayor also announced a plan to spend $31 million in federal funds with a major focus on supporting homeowners and renters with housing challenges, which would include homeless prevention and providing housing and services to the homeless.
The funds will come from the federal CARES Act provided to cities to plan, prepare, and respond to the the Covid crisis. The plan must be approved by the Detroit City Council and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The city hopes to start spending those funds in July.
