Red Wings under fire for allowing Detroit police to use arena as makeshift prison

According to a report from NBA insider Duncan Smith, the Ilitch family, owners of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings, have allowed for Detroit police to use Little Caesar’s Arena to detain and process protestors and rioters.

Check it out:

Illitch group, owner of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, as well as the tax-player funded Little Caesars Arena, gave Detroit Police permission to use LCA for prisoner processing https://t.co/kklCR7b0Pn— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) June 3, 2020

The Illitch family promised housing, an entertainment center and construction jobs for Detroit’s residents.

What they delivered last night was a temporary prison for the Detroit Police Department to hold peaceful protestors.— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) June 3, 2020

More from Deadline Detroit journalist Violet Ikonomova:

On LCA: Ilitch group said Chief Craig asked them for Little Caesars Arena for detainments. When asked if the city is paying to use the facility, Craig says: "I don’t know how the contact was made, but they certainly agreed to it." https://t.co/0oxQkarVck— violet ikonomova (@violetikon) June 3, 2020

Suffice it to say that this isn’t going over well with most Red Wings fans.

I gotta say… Mike Ilitch would be rolling over in his grave if he saw his team ever attached to something like this. After all, this is the guy who quietly paid Rosa Parks’ rent for years after she moved to Detroit and struggled to get on her feet. The Ilitch name means compassion and acceptance to most people, but his family is doing a great job at dragging that name through the mud since Mike’s passing in 2017.

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