Michigan police brutality protests have cooled, but Detroit`s recent flare-up points to fragile calm
(World News USA)

Torched police cars in Grand Rapids. Smashed-up storefronts in Kalamazoo. Gassed protesters with tears and mucus in their eyes. Those images defined the first week of protests against police brutality across Michigan in late May and early June. While the majority of demonstrations statewide remained peaceful, the handful of violent incidents indicated the level of anger sparked by George Floyd`s killing under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25. Six weeks later, the fires born of that spark have died down to smoldering embers in most corners of the state. Motivated residents are lobbying for police reform with their political leaders or campaigning for new ones. But in the...