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'Free Palestine' graffitied on antisemitism billboard on I-75 in Detroit
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Billboard calling out Jewish hate tagged with ‘Free Palestine’
“To degrade, to graffiti a poster, a billboard about the holocaust is just unacceptable,” said Rabbi Asher Lopatin, a key leader in the Jewish community.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – “Free Palestine” was spray-painted over a billboard condemning antisemitism on northbound I-75 in Detroit.
The billboard is sponsored by the national Jewish cultural organization, JewBelong. The graffiti was accompanied by a Palestinian flag and posted to the Instagram page of TCD Dearborn News, receiving a lot of attention.
“To degrade, to graffiti a poster, a billboard about the holocaust is just unacceptable,” said Rabbi Asher Lopatin, a key leader in the Jewish community.
The billboard said, “We’re just 78 years since the gas chambers. So no, a billboard calling out Jew hate isn’t an overreaction.”
“Free Palestine” was spray-painted over a billboard condemning Jewish hate on northbound I-75 in Detroit.
When FOX 2 Detroit drove up to I-75, the billboard and graffiti were no longer visible. But, the controversial tagging was captured in a post on the Instagram page for TCD Dearborn News.
“Wherever you are, whether in Detroit, whether I’m in Ann Arbor – wherever you are, we have to learn as a country to have disagreements as passionate as we are, but in a civil and respectful way,” Asher said.
JewBelong is a non-profit that it provides support for Jews and those curious about the Jewish religion and culture, according to its website.
The billboard makes no mention of the ongoing and tense war in Gaza, but the graffiti of “Free Palestine” changed that – until the whole thing was covered up.
“People have disagreements about Gaza and the war and everything. So, put up your own billboard if you want that expresses your opinion,” Asher said. “But let’s show some show some civility. Let’s show, certainly, some sensitivity to the holocaust, to the Jewish community that has suffered so much.”
JewBelong and Outfront Media, the company that hosts such billboards, did not respond for comment.
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Wyandotte police cracking down on noisy drivers
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Lakers' Austin Reaves Tells Pistons Fan He's 'Not Going to Detroit' in Viral Video
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Austin Reaves isn’t interested in becoming a member of the Detroit Pistons.
The Los Angeles Lakers guard said as much to a fan, who was trying to recruit him to the Pistons, while golfing on Wednesday:
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Austin Reaves was playing in a golf tournament recently and a fan told him “We need you on the Pistons, Austin”.
Reaves responded: “I’m not going to Detroit”
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It’s hard to blame him. The Pistons were the NBA’s worst team last season, finishing 14-68, and just fired head coach Monty Williams. The team has some promising young talents, led by Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson, but appears to be a long way from competing for playoff berths or championships.
The Lakers, meanwhile, have struggled to get the roster balance right around the star duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, but have fought their way into the playoffs the past two seasons nonetheless.
There isn’t a player in the NBA who would say with a straight face that they would rather player for the current iteration of the Pistons over the Lakers. Reaves is no exception.
Detroit, MI
Juneteenth on the Cut event in Detroit canceled as possible storms, hail loom
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What is Juneteenth? The holiday’s history and significance, explained.
Here’s why this once local celebration is significant to U.S. history.
The annual Juneteenth on the Cut event in Detroit was canceled shortly before it was set to begin Wednesday with organizers citing inclement weather as blazing heat threatened to bring powerful storms.
The event, hosted by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, was scheduled to kick off at 2 p.m. at the Campbell Terrace on the Dequindre Cut Greenway and include live performances to mark the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they’d been freed two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The event was expected to go on despite a heat advisory in effect until Thursday night. However, news of storms with possible hail on top of the heat brought plans Wednesday to a halt, said Marc Pasco, director of communications for the conservancy.
The heat — with an index of 96 degrees in Detroit — and humidity were driving the chance of storms, which could become dangerous in the afternoon and evening, said National Weather Service meteorologist Megan Varcie out of the White Lake Township office.
In particular, storms could hit between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., she said. High winds may be a greater threat, but there’s also an isolated chance for hail along with heavy rain.
Storms are also possible the rest of the week as the heat continues, before a cold front brings temperatures back down into the 80s, Varcie said.
We’re settling the debate, Michigan: At what temperature do you set your AC thermostat?
Varcie warned people to take precautions during the heat and with the storms: “Thunder roars, go indoors.”
Whether the Juneteenth on the Cut event would be rescheduled was yet to be seen. Organizers first wanted to alert vendors and attendees to not head to the Dequindre Cut, Pasco said.
Still available, however, will be an experience called Core 375. The project imagines if a “core sample” was taken of the soil and stories and songs were told for the generations in that sample — the Ice Age, the native Anishinaabeg people and the historic, predominantly Black neighborhood Black Bottom. The Dequindre Cut sits on the eastern border of Black Bottom, which was demolished for redevelopment and replaced with Lafayette Park and the I-375 freeway.
The project was slated to open with a live performance on Juneteenth, but QR codes will still be place along the Cut to be listened to through the end of the year, Pasco said.
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