BREAKING NEWS – Detroit, Michigan – Detroit has filed a lawsuit against Black Lives Matter activists, alleging a “civil conspiracy” and claiming the protests in the city “have repeatedly turned violent, endangering the lives of police and the public,” according to reports.
The city cites four protests that occurred in the city this year, and alleges that injuries to police officers included “cracked vertebrae, lacerations, and concussions,” according to the report.
The repeated violence should negate BLM protest group Detroit Will Breathe’s claims that the demonstrations should be protected under the First Amendment, the city asserts, the report said.
The move has infuriated U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who blasted the city’s counter claim as “an unthinkable assault on our constitutional rights,” in an op-ed essay published in the Detroit Free Press.
“The main thing is, their allegations are 100% bogus!” Tlaib said in a tweet. “And hopefully BLM will locate these cops that are lying about violence, and beat them within an inch of their lives!”