Demonstrators marched into Detroit's City Hall Thursday to protest Michigan's emergency law, which has authorized a government takeover of the city due to its financial situation. Earlier, the protesters had marched from the American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees' offices to the courthouse.

About 100 protesters were involved, claiming that the appointment of an emergency financial manager violates their voting rights. Their action takes place after a lawsuit was filed challenging the emergency manager law that allowed Michigan's Governor Rick Snyder to appoint the emergency financial manager.

Reverend Charles Williams II stated: "We believe that emergency management is anti-Democratic and it is against our voting rights." The protesters were not allowed to enter the Mayor's office; they wanted to tell Mayor Dave Bing to act in some way against the law.

 

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