Detroit sues BLM movement for "civil conspiracy", resisting police orders, inciting riots and other other "illegal acts"

BLM Protest in the streets of downtown Detroit. Credit: unsplash/Mike Setchell

The city of Detroit has filed a lawsuit against the Black Lives Matter movement. The lawsuit alleges that demonstrators were part of "civil conspiracy to disturb the peace, engage in disorderly conduct, incite riots, destroy public property," and resist police orders, among other "illegal acts."

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