Sandra Hines and other Detroiters pack City Council hallway before the Nov. 20, 2012 City Council hearing. More and more kept coming, but Council President Charles Pugh refused to move the meeting to the auditorium to allow the crowd to see and hear the proceedings, in violation of the Open Meetings Act. For hours, Detroiters outside chanted, “LET US IN OR WE’LL SHUT IT DOWN!”