Black Lives Matter

The City of Lansing has formed a new group to implement a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan, Mayor Andy Schor announced Thursday. 

The Lansing city council heard more than two hours of public comment during a meeting Monday night over a proposal to cut the city’s police budget in half over five years.

A Lansing mural depicting George Floyd was defaced with white paint on Tuesday.

Black Lives Matter staged coordinated protests in several Michigan cities Monday.  In Lansing, leaders demanded four specific actions of their local officials.

“Black Lives Matter” boomed from loudspeakers, echoing across the lawn of the Michigan State Capitol at the NAACP’s “We Are Done Dying March.”

Wednesday’s march was the latest in Lansing as part of a nationwide swell of protests for Black lives and against police brutality in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.

Al talks with former MSU fullback great James Moore about the unrest happening in America due to the killing of George Floyd. 

Discussion during a Black Lives Matter Lansing webinar Wednesday night was dominated by criticism over the city’s police budget and a call for Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s resignation.