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Raid at Detroit art gallery sows the seeds of rebellion
Cultured crowd protests law with festival

By BILL MCGRAW %u2022 FREE PRESS COLUMNIST %u2022 June 9, 2008

The DJ was spinning old records by James Brown, Aretha Franklin and the Meters during Funk Night last weekend, when the heavily armed cops dressed in commando-style uniforms burst into the west-side Detroit art gallery.
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The cops yelled at the patrons to hit the floor. Witnesses said some officers used their feet to force down a couple of people who failed to move fast enough or asked too many questions.