Michigan Workers Push For Higher Fast-Food Wages; Protesters Promise To Be...
HIGHLAND PARK (WWJ) - Supporters of boosting the minimum wage in metro Detroit are making their collective voices heard Thursday morning. Three dozen workers gathered bright and early at 6 a.m. at the...
View Article‘Die-In’ Held In Detroit To Protest Grand Jury Decision In Eric Garner Case
DETROIT (WWJ) – Protesters staged a so-called “die-in” at Campus Martius in downtown Detroit Thursday in response to a grand jury’s decision not to indict a New York City police officer in the killing...
View ArticleWorkers Rally At Detroit McDonald’s Demanding $15-An-Hour Wage
DETROIT (WWJ) – Dozens of low-wage workers gathered at a Detroit McDonald’s on 8 Mile Road Tuesday to push for higher pay. The protest is part of the “Fight For $15″ movement to increase wages to $15...
View ArticleFast Food Workers Continue To Protest After A ‘Weak’ Raise, Demand $15 An...
http://media.detroit.cbslocal.com/CBSDET_20150402143915263AA.mp4 DETROIT (WWJ) – After McDonald’s announced a $1 an hour raise, increased vacation time and educational benefits for employees in its...
View Article8 Arrested After Protesters Rush Tables At U-M Board Of Regents Meeting
ANN ARBOR (WWJ) – Eight people were arrested at a protest that disrupted a University of Michigan Board of Regents meeting Thursday. Protesters — arguing that the school should admit more minorities —...
View ArticleDisrupted Showing Of War Movie ‘American Sniper’ Rescheduled
ANN ARBOR (AP) – A screening of the Iraq War movie “American Sniper” at Eastern Michigan University that was disrupted by protesters has been rescheduled. Four students were detained during the protest...
View ArticleProtest Planned At Closed Social Services Office In Highland Park
HIGHLAND PARK (AP) – State workers plan to protest outside a Detroit-area social services office that closed last year because of water issues and hasn’t reopened. A union representing Department of...
View ArticleDetroiters Protest Man’s Fatal Shooting By ICE Agent: ‘We’re Not Gonna Burn...
DETROIT (WWJ) – A loud crowd of protesters gathered in a west side Detroit neighborhood Tuesday evening, outside a home where a federal agent shot and killed an alleged fugitive the day before. The...
View ArticleICE Agent Involved In Fatal Shooting Previously Faced Criminal Charges As...
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A federal agent under investigation for fatally shooting a wanted Detroit man inside a home has been in trouble with the law before — he faced criminal charges seven years ago while...
View ArticleSouthwest Detroiters Demand Marathon Oil Buy Their Homes: ‘Our Kids Can’t...
DETROIT (WWJ) – A small, but vocal, group of southwest Detroit homeowners is demanding that Marathon buy them out of the neighborhood. Fewer than a dozen protesters carried signs as they marched on the...
View ArticleAttorney Claims Detroit Man Killed By ICE Agent Was Shot In Back
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A lawyer for the family of Terrance Kellom — a fugitive who was shot and killed in a Detroit home by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent — claims he was shot in the back....
View ArticleDetroit VA Hospital ‘Like A Third World Country’ Claim Protesting Workers
DETROIT (WWJ) – Outraged over what they say are unfair and poor working conditions, employees at Detroit’s John Dingell VA Medical Center are rallying for change. A group of about 100 workers and...
View ArticleWorkers Demanding $15-An-Hour Wage Briefly Shut Down Detroit McDonald’s
DETROIT (WWJ) – Chanting “Don’t supersize our fries — supersize our wages,” a loud group of fast food workers managed to shut down a Detroit McDonald’s for a short time Thursday. A few dozen protesters...
View ArticleArmed Protesters To Rally Against ‘Evils Of Radical Islam’ Saturday In Dearborn
DEARBORN (CBS Detroit) – A flyer for the event proclaims: “The world is saying no to Islam.” A group of open carry gun advocates and others are planning an anti-Islam rally in Dearborn this weekend,...
View ArticleFast-Food Workers Protest In Rain For $15 Hourly Wage
DETROIT (WWJ) – More than 100 people spent their morning in the rain outside a west side Detroit McDonald’s, demanding higher wages for fast-food workers. Chants of “What do we want? $15. When do we...
View ArticleCass Tech Students Walk Out Of Class In Support Of Detroit Teachers
DETROIT (WWJ) – More than 100 students at Cass Technical High School walked out of class, Monday, in a show of support for teachers who have staged sickouts. Teachers are trying to draw attention to...
View ArticleInmates Protest Food Quality At Northern Michigan Prison
KINCHELOE, Mich. (AP) — An official says about 1,000 inmates at a prison in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula participated in a peaceful protest over food quality. Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman...
View ArticleInmates Protest Food Quality At Second Michigan Prison
KINCHELOE, Mich. (WWJ/AP) – An official says inmates at a second prison in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have participated in a peaceful protest over the quality of food provided by a state contractor....
View Article‘Thou Shall Not Kill Motorcade’ Planned To Protest Violence In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Community leaders and at least a dozen Detroit-area funeral homes are planning to participate Sunday in vehicle procession seeking a day of peace in the city. Organizers have...
View ArticleOver 1,000 Protest KKK Rally In Charlottesville; 23 Arrested
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A small group of Klansmen were met by more than 1,000 protesters at a Charlottesville park where they’d come to rally. The Daily Progress reports about 50 members of the...
View ArticleTrump Blames ‘Many Sides’ For Violent Clashes In Virginia
By Jonathan Lemire BEDMINISTER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed “many sides” for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the...
View ArticleSnyder Speaks Out Against Hate After Virginia Violence
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is speaking out against hate and violence following the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly confrontation in Charlottesville, Virginia....
View ArticleLocal Fraternity To Support Kaepernick With Protest Before Lions Game
DETROIT (WWJ) — A local fraternity is planning to rally outside Ford Field Sunday before the Lions game against the Arizona Cardinals in support of free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Members of...
View ArticleUniversity Of Michigan Students Protest Against Racism
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of students walked out of classes and blocked streets at University of Michigan as part of a planned weeklong protest against racism. The demonstrations at the Ann...
View ArticleAbortion Protester Wins Key Ruling Against Detroit Suburb
CENTER LINE, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Detroit suburb to stop interfering with an abortion protester who displays a sign with images of aborted fetuses. Michael Mattia sued the city of Center...
View ArticleProtesters Rally Outside of Starbucks After Arrests of 2 Black Men
PHILADELPHIA (CBS DETROIT/AP) — About two dozen chanting protesters took over a Philadelphia Starbucks on Monday, days after two black men were arrested there when store employees called 911 to say...
View ArticleParkland Shooting Survivor David Hogg Calls For ‘Die-In’ At Publix Supermarkets
PARKLAND, FL (CBS Local) – Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor turned student activist David Hogg is calling for a “die-in” at Publix Super Markets on May 25 to protest the chains...
View ArticleCandidate Protesting Police Shootings Arrested At Royal Oak ‘Police Run’ Event
A Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress in suburban Detroit was arrested during a community race after protesting and refusing to leave the roadway. The Detroit Free Press report Brian Ellison was...
View ArticleProtest of Water Shutoffs Leads to Arrests in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — About two dozen demonstrators were arrested for blocking a light rail line in downtown Detroit to protest the treatment of poor people including water service shutoffs. Monday’s protests...
View ArticleThe Latest: Truck Hits Fast-Food Protesters In Flint, Several Hurt
FLINT (AP) — The Latest on protests by fast-food workers (all times local): 8:20 a.m. Police say a pickup truck collided with a group of protesters calling for the right to form unions in Flint,...
View ArticleRashida Tlaib, Abdul El-Sayed Arrested At “Fight For $15” Protest In Detroit
FLINT (AP) — The Latest on protests by fast-food workers demanding a $15 per hour minimum wage (all times local): 2:45 p.m. A U.S. House candidate is among 18 people arrested for disorderly conduct...
View ArticlePolice: Warren De La Salle On Lockdown After Social Media Threat
Warren De La Salle is on lockdown due to a social media threat, according to police.
View ArticleSmaller Crowds Gathered At State Capitol To Protest Michigan’s Stay At Home...
(CBS DETROIT) – Smaller crowds than previous protests gathered in Lansing Thursday. Here’s an overhead look from the protest at the Capitol. The building was closed today due to the state’s legislature...
View Article5 Facing Felonies In Shelby Township Following Protest
(CBS DETROIT) – Scathing accusations are being made about the Shelby Township Police Department. Officers are being accused of busting up a rally Saturday strip searching a woman and attacking...
View ArticleProtest Held For 11-Year-Old Black Boy Traumatize After Pittsfield Twp....
“This changed everything about him,” said Markia Dixson of Ann Arbor as she describes something that happened to her 11-year-old son. Dixson says, prior to a terrifying encounter with a Pittsfield...
View ArticleUS Urges Canada To Use Federal Powers To End Bridge Blockade
TORONTO (AP) — The Biden administration urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government Thursday to use its federal powers to end the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s COVID-19...
View ArticleOntario Declares Emergency Over Truck Blockades In Canada
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario’s premier declared a state of emergency Friday in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa and at the U.S. border and threatened heavy penalties against those who interfere with...
View ArticleOntario Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Proof Requirement, Protests Persist
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ontario’s premier announced Monday that Canada’s most populous province will lift its COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination requirements in two weeks — not because of the protests that...
View ArticleProtestors Rally In Downtown Detroit Following Leaked Roe v. Wade Draft Opinion
DETROIT (CBS DETROIT/AP) — Demonstrators gathered in Downtown Detroit on Tuesday advocating for abortion rights after news leaked that the Supreme Court’s draft opinion could potentially overturn Roe...
View ArticleReps. Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin Arrested In Abortion Rights Protest In Front...
(CNN/CBS DETROIT) — Michigan Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Andy Levin were among 17 Democratic members of Congress arrested by Capitol Police on Tuesday afternoon as part of an abortion rights protest in...
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