'Racism has long been the word of the day in Shelby Township and, in fact, in Macomb County,' said Nakia Wallace, a Detroit Will Breathe leader. 'These charges are political repression. Taylor is additionally charged with refusing to provide a DNA sample, a misdemeanor. On Tuesday, hearings were held for Taylor, Phillips, and Mitchell, who are all facing felony charges for assaulting, resisting, obstructing a police officer and misdemeanor charges for disturbing the peace. Shelby Township police did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Jessica Nadeau, 27, who had addresses in Minnesota and Shelby Township.

James Deininger, 34, of Sterling Heights.

Tristan Taylor, 38, of Detroit, an organizer of Detroit Will Breathe.

Those who are facing felony charges include:

It's a very racist, hostile climate for Black people,' said Lloyd Simpson, an organizer with Detroit Will Breathe, standing in the lobby of the courthouse awaiting Samantha Phillips' hearing. 'The fact that they're pushing through the felony charges, and some of the charges for assaulting a police officer. If you look what happened on that day, the only assault going on was by the police assaulting civil rights protesters.' 'We're not surprised because that's the climate of Shelby.

More: Roseville church vandalized with spray-painted swastikas, and what appears to be initials 24, 2020, after marchers defied police orders to remain on the sidewalk while demonstrating. Some protesters were charged with felony assault against police officers, and police also issued citations for vehicles that impeded traffic. All five were charged with assaulting, resisting, and obstructing a police officer, a two-year felony.Īt least seven people were arrested during the protest on Oct. Hearings were held Tuesday for three of the five protesters hit with felony charges during an anti-police brutality protest in Shelby Township last year.

Detroit Will Breathe organizers gathered at 41A District Court in Shelby Township to continue their call for felony charges to be dropped and for Police Chief Robert Shelide to be fired, one year later.

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