A federal lawsuit by two former city officials against the city of Hamtramck, Michigan, over the city’s ban on Pride flag displays on public property has been dismissed, according to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
The dispute over the flag dates back to July 2023, when Russ Gordon and Cathy Stackpoole placed a flag on a city flagpole at Joseph Campau Avenue. Gordan and Stackpoole, who resided in Hamtramck, were commissioners on the Hamtramck Human Relations Commission at the time.
The Hamtramck city manager and police took the flag down later that day…