Living Through Detroit’s Controversial Reopening

06.25.20
(A bus driver in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images))

COVID is affecting many black communities more intensely, and in Detroit, there has been a disproportionate amount of deaths, including generations of family members lost to COVID. Yet when Michigan’s governor implemented Stay-At-Home orders, some residents took to the streets (with assault rifles) to protest the lockdown. Reporter Ron Lyons takes a look at the effects COVID has had on the city and what's happening during early stages of reopening.

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