I am starting this petition because I believe that certain white people are using 911 emergency services as a means to act out their racism against black people in America. They are weaponizing their white privilege against the black person whom they have called the police on, and do so under the belief that their actions will be not only excused but supported by the authorities. This blatant projection of racism onto the well being and lives of black people must be deemed inexcusable and a severe offense under the eyes of the law.

I feel very strongky about prootecting families and children in my community and the majority of wayne residents do not even know this is being proposed.

It is extremely hard to come forward and when you do you are victimized again. This must stop. The statute of limitations should be lifted.

On August 2, 2018, the temperature was in the high 80's with high humidity and the petting zoo at the (Eastpointe, MI) Kennedy Park event violated MPC 750.50 a.k.a., the Anti Cruelty Statute. The event went from 5-10 pm with approximately 20 animals. A gray Lion's head rabbit was confined to a cage with NO shade, a 2 ounce container for water (only after I chewed out the owners), and food NOT suitable for a rabbit. The owner claimed the rabbit had water earlier and the kids are responsible for feeding the rabbit. The statute mandates adequate water, food, sanitary conditions and protection/shelter from the elements. In this case, the sun. The rabbit was forced to sit in the sun for 3 hours with no shade, a blanket was not provided until I chewed out the owner for not providing shade/shelter from the sun. As of today, October 15th, the city attorney has still NOT filed animal neglect charges. Although their office is short staffed with prosecuting attorneys, the neglect charges MUST be filed. Eastpointe has been without animal control prior to August and MDARD (Michigan Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development) mandates ALL cities MUST have animal control. The city just hired a new city manager with a $117k salary + benefits, but is not wanting to pay the cost of finalizing the transfer of animal control to Macomb County Animal Control. In addition to the petting zoo, a sheep was tied to the side of a trailer with no more than 5 feet to move. The recreation authority members are on the record stating their discomfort seeing the animals mistreated at the event and don't understand why no shade was provided for the rabbit, when it had been in previous years. When I addressed the Warren City Council about animal neglect at their birthday bash, they were very appreciative of my concerns. A Warren councilman is working with the MI director of the Humane Society of the United States and Attorneys for Animals in drafting language to ban all traveling animal acts. In addition to rampant animal neglect at petting zoos forcing animals to endure travel of an hour or more in trailers with no air conditioning or escape from humans when stressed, it's also a public welfare issue. Zoonotic diseases are transmitted from petting zoos to humans that range from e coli, salmonella, cryptosporidium, Giardia infection, etc. Symptoms range from bloody to watery diarrhea, vomiting, headaches, fever, chills, etc. When cities are aware of this, they have a responsibility to protect both animals from neglect and the public from zoonotic diseases. Please contact the Eastpointe city council (council email addresses are listed on city website & have a Facebook page) and city attorney (586-778-7778) and request animal neglect charges are filed against PartyanimalsMI.com from the August 2nd event for violation of adequate care under the Anti Cruelty Statute regarding inadequate water/food/shelter (NO shade). And ask that Eastpointe teaches children compassion towards animals in banning ALL petting zoos/farms and traveling animal acts. Please do NOT support any petting zoos or circuses either. Please attend your local city council meetings and request they BAN petting zoos/farms and traveling animal acts due to animal neglect and transmission of zoonotic diseases. There are NO "good" petting zoos, it's all about profiting off of the misery and suffering of animals. Ignore the argument about kids having fun, the animals are NOT having fun.

If they are getting the same health care options as us, maybe they will care about the options. Why do they deserve special plans?

In Juliana v. U.S., a group of youths, ages 11-22, filed suit against the US government for its affirmative actions that cause climate change, which have violated the youngest generation’s constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, as well as failed to protect essential public trust resources. The fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration have requested multiple times that the case be dismissed, but all of these attempts have been rejected by the courts. The trial in the 9th Circuit of Appeals is set for October 29! Support these brave young people! Sign this petition and share!

Many who are disheartened by the state of our country and the state of our governing bodies and market structure feel lost. Many of us feel that our votes don't make a difference, especially with news of massive voter suppression efforts such as is happening now in Georgia, or of the Russian interference in our presidential election and the willingness of an entire political party to comply. Many of us don't know how to make an impact beyond posting our political opinions on social media. THIS IS THE UNDERLYING MOTIVATION FOR RED FRIDAY. Red Friday is an event with dual intentions. The primary goal of Red Friday is to bolster support for an elevated minimum wage. The secondary goal of Red Friday is to express national distrust in the government and market structure across the United States by disrupting corporate profiteering through economic disobedience.

The ridiculous profits realized by those who have monopolized the sources of information that would allow for informed consent of our countries governance has led us to a crisis not unlike our healthcare situation. They profit from misinformation and conspire against the citizenry for profits with total disregard for the responsibilities that were once implied by a license to use public airwaves.

People who work hard! Over 40 hours is a week have been robbed for too long. We need to put a stop to taxing overtime.

I was a healthy twenty six year old with a young family, no debt, a college degree and about to buy our first house. Then one day in December 2016 I went to work not knowing it would never be the same as that morning again. I worked at a horse stable and I had to lift a bag of shavings off the pallet of shavings into my wheelbarrow. It fell, I stupidly caught it and it immediately pulled me with it. All I felt was a pop and pain from the center of my spine down into my foot. Needless to say, everything was no longer how it was. My work had insurance but they still to this day have not given much treatment as they deny almost everything or delay my Physical Therapy which happens all the time even with a lawyer involved. The disability checks are very minimal and my husband at first had to help me so much all the time he missed work. We ran out of money and almost went homeless right before we finally received a HUD apartment. All this being said, I have racked up a ton of debt paying for food, gas, medical equipment/assistive devices because they again fight me on everything. I do receive SNAP, it is $32 a month because I have been forced into HUD housing and it counts against you when you have SNAP. For someone like me, my credit cards became the only way to afford food, but they all have a limit. Unfortunately SNAP will NOT include this an expense and if it did I could buy enough groceries for an entire month for my family. This situation I am in is not new anymore and the federal government needs to step up and help those who really don’t have any other options. Everyone should have enough food for their children and not be panicking all the time about food. Please stand up for those of us that did everything right and still ended up where no one wants to be.

I, myself, have been personally affected by this ban because i have smoked pot for 10+ years now and i am tired of being so damn paranoid and shit about getting caught and going to jail over it. weed doesnt kill people. other drugs do! hell alcohol and cigs are PROVEN to kill people and their legal and weed hasnt killed noone unless they drove under the influence and acted stupid. so why not legalize it but have restrictions on it just like alcohol?

Wildlife is under threat from human overpopulation and encroachment and deserves protection, not to be slaughtered.