Detroit’s Priorities
Detroit police raided the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit on May 30th during a reoccurring event they call “Funk Night.” According to the website, The CAID, one of the few decent things in Detroit, is “a community based non-profit organization. CAID fosters and promotes the essential link between contemporary arts and contemporary society through its exhibitions, performances, critical and public discourse and the funding of contemporary arts and art related activities.” They often host an event where people come and dance to old funk music.
Since Detroit police don’t have much crime to tend to, they decided they would crack down on people dancing. That’s right, people are being robbed, raped, and murdered; and Detroit police are arresting people for dancing without a permit.
“The cops yelled at the patrons to hit the floor. Witnesses said some officers used their feet to force down a couple of people who failed to move fast enough or asked too many questions.”
Whose side are they on, anyway?
June 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Thank God! I was getting a little tired of all the free thinking and originality coming out of that place.
Thank you Detroit Police, job well done… again!