International Workers Day in Detroit

From the always low-brow freep:

UPDATED AT 1:33 p.m. -- Thousands of immigrants jammed into Clark Park in southwest Detroit on Tuesday, calling for immigration reform and an end to deportations that they say are splitting up families.

- A crowd estimated as "Thousands of immigrants". Firstly, there were many non-immigrant U.S. citizens there, including many families with non-immigrant child born here. Secondly, "thousands" is a pretty half-assed estimate (1000-999,999). I would say that at least 10,000 people were there (including many "immigrants").

- "...jammed into Clark Park". Poorly chosen words? Actually there was plenty of space to walk around at Clark Park, even though "thousands" turned out. We also "jammed" Vernor Highway with a 2-mile march from Patton Park.

- "...deportations that they say are splitting up families". Are we actually going to debate whether or not deportations split up families? Who's "they"? And who could deny that the majority of deportations separate family members from each other?

Anyhow, enough freep-bashing. Here are some pictures:


The march gets underway at Patton Park.




Around the curve at Vernor and Dix...


...and under the train tracks


Clark Park