Christmas is traditionally a time to wish for “peace on earth, goodwill to men” — but a group of carolers say that the City of Detroit censored them because of their message calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.⁠ ⁠ On Wednesday, members of the Detroit Ceasefire Choir sent a letter to the City of Detroit accusing its hired security guards at Campus Martius Park of kicking them out, in violation of the city’s free speech ordinance.⁠ ⁠ The thirteen activists gathered at the Christmas tree at Campus Martius on Dec. 30 to sing carols and call for an end to Israel’s U.S.-backed violence in Gaza, carrying a banner that read, “Peace and Joy — Ceasefire Now.” Other signs used by the group read “love thy neighbor,” “stop funding genocide,” “permanent ceasefire,” and “end antisemitism and islamophobia.”⁠ ⁠ The carolers say that they were then ordered to leave by members of Detroit 300 — a “community action group” that the city hired to manage security at the popular downtown park — allegedly because t...