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Civil rights protestors have developed list of demands

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Civil rights protestors in Detroit have developed a list of things they want changed in the city.

  The list… contains more than 20 bullet points - calling for things like diverting a portion of Detroit police funding towards public schools… and expunging all convictions from the past 15 years.  Tristan Taylor is an organizer of the movement.  He says some items on the list are more important than others.

        AND I THINK PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY WANT TO MAKE   SURE THAT WE’RE DEMILITARIZING THE POLICE      HERE… BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN OVER THE LAST     COUPLE DAYS JUST HOW EXTENSIVE THAT IS AND     HOW PROBLEMATIC THAT IS.

Taylor says organizers of the group plan to bring the list back to protestors to vote on… after presenting it to city officials.