One indictment unsealed in Detroit.

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'Detroit Will Breathe' protester blinded flight crew, feds say

Robert Snell

The Detroit News

Detroit — Federal prosecutors Friday charged a "street medic" who participated in "Detroit Will Breathe” protests last year with shining a laser at a Detroit Police helicopter that temporarily blinded the crew.

Michael Sam Hurd, 32, of Fennville was charged with a felony punishable by up to five years in federal prison in one of the more serious charges to flow from protests in Detroit.

Detroit Police and an FBI Violent Crime Task Force teamed up to analyze a potentially catastrophic moment during an Aug. 23 protest, assembling grainy video and surveillance footage from the air, ground, an officer's body camera and a city bus to identify Hurd as the protester who blinded the flight crew, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Friday.

The criminal case illustrates the pervasive use of private surveillance cameras downtown and cooperation between law enforcement and billionaire Dan Gilbert's security network that has installed hundreds of cameras throughout downtown.

A handcuffed, shackled Hurd made a brief appearance Friday in federal court before being released on $10,000 unsecured bond.

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/05/14/feds-detroit-breathe-medic-michael-hurd-blinded-flight-crew/5093904001/