City of Kalamazoo issued the following announcement on June 03.
The curfew that was enacted in Kalamazoo on June 2 has been lifted effective immediately. No curfew will be in effect overnight on June 3 or moving forward. The 'peace zone' established downtown is also no longer in effect.
The National Guard, Michigan State Police, and other agencies will not be present in Kalamazoo unless future circumstances require further assistance. Public Safety will be conducting additional patrols throughout all neighborhoods and will be focused on patrolling around known vacant buildings.
The night of June 3, Public Safety responded to two separate fires, one of which spread to three additional homes. Fire crews were onsite for the North Street fire within two minutes of the first 911 call coming in, but the fire had already engulfed the building and was beginning to spread to three other structures.
One of the vacant residential buildings on North Street destroyed last night was about to be converted into 8 affordable apartments for low income families. The City of Kalamazoo is committed to working with the property owner and the neighborhood to see that those affordable apartments are built in the Northside neighborhood.
Lawful protests and demonstrations are welcome and encouraged in Kalamazoo.
Other groups have taken this moment to create chaos, destroy property, and engage in other criminal activity in our community.
Residents are asked to stay alert for potential criminal activity to assist law enforcement in addressing the individuals responsible for this activity. This will help protect residents, homes, and property in every neighborhood in the city and differentiate people engaging in legitimate, needed protests from people seeking to cause destruction and harm in our community.
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