Some metro Detroit businesses chose to remain open during Friday’s anti-ICE protests, offering what they described as safe spaces for their communities while others closed their doors in solidarity with the demonstrations.
Organizers of the protests called for people to skip work and school, and for businesses to shut down for the day.
Watch Tiarra Braddock’s video report below:
Metro Detroit businesses split on staying open during anti-ICE protest
Mark Maynard, co-owner of Bellflower restaurant in Ypsilanti, decided to keep his doors open…