The Brief
- Birmingham residents are shaken by a street brawl that happened downtown over the weekend.
- Brad Host is a member of the Birmingham City Commission. He says public safety is becoming a bigger concern in the city, following this incident near North Bates Street and Willits.
- FOX 2 invited Birmingham’s mayor to talk about the melee and related issues, but he declined.
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (FOX 2) – A street brawl in downtown Birmingham over the weekend is getting the attention of residents who are now pressing city officials for action, spurring another debate about public safety in the affluent, typically quiet community.
Some officials were fine talking about it but others, not so much.
Birmingham community outraged by street brawl
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An all-out brawl took over downtown Birmingham this past weekend as fisticuffs broke out between at least two groups, shocking an upscale community usually known for its peace and quiet.…