Slander in MI is defamatory & false statements designed to stop third parties from interacting with individuals. Ann Arbor Council Member Ali Ramlawi is openly attempting to do this to me, a BIPOC anti-segregation activist, with his city Facebook account. A thread.
#a2council
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#a2council
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"Communications are defamatory if they “harm the reputation of another as to lower him in the estimation of the community or to deter third persons from associating or dealing with him.” Swenson-Davis v. Martel...(Mich. Ct. App. 1984)." #a2council
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The image below and tweet immediately above are from this link:
tish.law/2017/09/13/sla…
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tish.law/2017/09/13/sla…
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3/9
"I am highlighting a Twitter post from “Oakland Joe”...please choose the company you keep wisely.
The depiction...is nothing short of a racist post...I ask that our community say no to folks like “Oakland Joe”by not inviting them into their political tent."
#a2council
4/9
The depiction...is nothing short of a racist post...I ask that our community say no to folks like “Oakland Joe”by not inviting them into their political tent."
#a2council
4/9
#a2council Member Ali Ramlawi admits he is using manipulated media, a screenshot of this gif, which any reasonable person would know is associating the noticeably bald CM with famously bald Vin Diesel, to defame me on the Facebook account he uses for city business.
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The gif was from my live Tweets of the last #a2council meeting. CM Ramlawi kept using the the adjective "guerrilla" to describe the actions of city staff in a really awful way. I said the gif was his "supervillain origin story."
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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This is pushback for my helping change the conversation politically in Ann Arbor into one that recognizes the legacy of segregation carried on by single-family zoning & the structural exportation of poverty out of A² across the county.
#a2council 7/9
#a2council 7/9
https://twitter.com/beyond_process/status/1280209705084702721?s=20
The Ann Arbor residents who know me & my activism best, which includes working pro bono for 7 months to end gerrymandering in MI, are defending me and calling out the absurdity of CM Ramlawi's attempt to defame me. I'm not deterred, I hope others aren't either.
#a2council
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#a2council
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The attached video is from the 1/19/2021 #a2council meeting demonstrating the CM's weird repetitive use of the word "guerrilla."
Link to the original tweet that CM Ramlawi manipulated with a screencap in an attempt to defame me:
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Link to the original tweet that CM Ramlawi manipulated with a screencap in an attempt to defame me:
https://twitter.com/beyond_process/status/1351757450576338945?s=20
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