Demonstrators Clash In Dearborn Amid Anti-Islam Protest Ahead Of City Council Meeting
Jake Lang and pastor Lorenzo Sewell drew hundreds to a rally that prompted multiple arrests and a heavy police response, officials said.
- On Tuesday, anti-Muslim agitator Jake Lang and Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell led a "Christian Crusader March" at the Dearborn City Council meeting, drawing hundreds of protesters to the Henry Ford Centennial Library.
- Lang, a Jan. 6 rioter known for spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric, has made frequent inflammatory visits to Dearborn over the past year, promoting conspiracy theories about "Islamification" and the "Great Replacement."
- Michigan Advance estimated the crowd size peaked at roughly 2,000 people, while police arrested three people in connection with earlier violence, including 57-year-old Dearborn resident Abbas Abdoush, accused of being "a criminal illegal alien from Iraq."
- Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud received a standing ovation after declaring, "You belong here. You belong here as much as anyone," while Governor Gretchen Whitmer condemned the agitators for seeking to intimidate the community.
- Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers faces pressure to disavow the rally, citing organizer Sewell's role on his campaign's faith coalition team amid broader concerns about outside agitators targeting the Muslim community.
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