Protesters stage Hamtramck rally after city banned Pride flags

(Detroit Metro Times) LGBTQ+ residents and allies plan to converge on Hamtramck City Hall on Saturday afternoon to protest the all-male, Muslim city council’s decision to ban the Pride flag from all city properties.

In response, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib on Sunday pledged the city would not budge and baselessly suggested the protesters were outside agitators.

“In the coming days, you will notice strangers demonstrating in your city and disturbing the public peace by provoking you with their actions and behaviors,” Ghalib wrote on Facebook, claiming “they are trying to create chaos, division and disrupt security in the city.”

Ghalib added, “Be confident that your government will not back down from its positions not even one step, no matter the pressure and threats from who was young or old on the street was or a government official, and will continue to serve everyone equally and not give special privileges to anyone at the expense of anyone.” ...........(more)

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