🚨ABSOLUTE CHAOS: Dearborn Police are allowing masked violent protesters to act with impunity

🚨ABSOLUTE CHAOS: Dearborn Police are allowing masked violent protesters to act with impunity

Police have watched multiple violent attacks and have done NOTHING. Anyone who tries to file a report with them are told to go to the police station.

### Chaos Erupts in Dearborn: Anti-Islamification Protest Turns Violent Amid Allegations of Police Inaction

On the evening of November 18, 2025, the streets of Dearborn, Michigan—a city long synonymous with its vibrant Arab-American community—descended into what one eyewitness described as "absolute chaos." A small but fervent group of protesters waving American flags and chanting against what they called the "Islamification" of America clashed with a larger, masked counter-demonstration. Videos circulating on X (formerly Twitter) captured scenes of pepper spray clouds, punches thrown, and scuffles that left participants bloodied and frustrated. At the center of the uproar: accusations that Dearborn police stood by idly, allowing the violence to unfold without arrests or intervention, directing victims instead to file reports at the station later.<grok:render card_id="d2c348" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation">
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The incident, unfolding just blocks from the city's bustling Michigan Avenue, highlights simmering tensions in Dearborn, home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the U.S. With a population of about 110,000, over 40% identify as Arab or Middle Eastern, and the city has been a hub for pro-Palestinian activism since the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in late 2023. Recent months have seen heated rhetoric: viral videos of women claiming harassment for not wearing hijabs, crowds chanting "Death to America" at rallies, and even proposals for Arabic-language police patches that critics decried as cultural capitulation.<grok:render card_id="9acf5e" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation">
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</grok:render> Against this backdrop, today's protest appeared to be a deliberate provocation by a fringe group aiming to rally against perceived overreach by Islamist influences.

#### The Spark: A Rally Against "Islamification"
The event kicked off around 4 p.m. local time as a self-organized "Americans Against Islamification" demonstration, promoted on social media by conservative influencers and live-streamed on YouTube.<grok:render card_id="625547" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation">
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</grok:render> Organizers, including field reporter Cam Higby of *Today Is America*, gathered near the intersection of Schaefer Road and Michigan Avenue, a commercial strip dotted with halal markets, mosques, and auto shops. Banners reading "Americans Against Islamification" fluttered alongside U.S. flags, and participants—estimated at 20-30 by video footage—chanted slogans decrying Sharia law and "foreign infiltration." Higby, who arrived on a motorcycle draped in an American flag, positioned himself as a frontline chronicler, broadcasting live to his 50,000+ followers.

The group was outnumbered almost immediately by counter-protesters, many wearing keffiyehs, balaclavas, or medical masks that obscured their faces—a tactic Higby and others labeled as enabling anonymity for "thugs." These opponents, numbering in the hundreds based on crowd shots, formed a human wall, hurling insults, eggs, and water bottles. Arabic chants echoed, interspersed with English taunts like "Go back to your trailer park!" One video shows a bearded man in a thobe shoving a flag-waving protester, while another captures a woman in a hijab ripping a "No Sharia" sign from a demonstrator's hands.

Tensions boiled over within 30 minutes. Higby, narrating breathlessly in a 38-second clip that has garnered over 9,700 views, described the scene: "This is absolutely insane, it's mayhem. The Muslims are allowed to do whatever they want with impunity." He recounted being "bear sprayed" (likely pepper spray) in the face, along with a colleague named Jake, who was punched repeatedly while an officer watched from 10 feet away. "He just got punched in the face. An officer watched and did nothing," Higby said, his voice cracking amid the haze of OC spray.<grok:render card_id="8b42d5" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation">
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</grok:render> Frames from the video reveal blurred figures grappling near police barricades, with American flags trampled underfoot and a pickup truck's bed serving as an impromptu stage for the anti-Islamification group.

Eyewitness accounts on X paint a picture of escalating assaults. One user shared footage of a masked individual—face hidden by a black balaclava—lunging at Higby, spraying him point-blank before fleeing into the crowd.<grok:render card_id="e78c51" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation">
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</grok:render> Another clip, posted by @Kyle220308, shows a brawl spilling onto the sidewalk, with protesters shouting "Allahu Akbar" as they surround a lone counter-demonstrator. "Fuck Andrew Mercado," the caption reads, tagging an alleged perpetrator caught on camera throwing the first punch. No injuries requiring hospitalization have been reported as of late evening, but Higby claimed multiple "repeated assaults," including theft of merchandise like stickers and hats from the rally's organizers.

#### Police Response: "Go to the Station Later"
The most explosive element of the story isn't the violence itself, but the alleged complicity—or at least paralysis—of law enforcement. Dearborn Police Department (DPD), which boasts a force where nearly half the officers are Muslim, deployed about a dozen officers in riot gear to the scene. Barricades were set up to separate the groups, and traffic was rerouted along Michigan Avenue. Yet, according to Higby and supporting videos, officers intervened only minimally, prioritizing de-escalation over arrests.

In a particularly damning 44-second clip shared by @project_omnis, a female protester approaches an officer to file a report after being sprayed. The cop, stationed at a cone-lined perimeter, listens briefly before responding: "I can't leave my post right now... You gotta go to the station." As she presses for details—name, badge number—he abruptly steps away to take a personal call, leaving her stunned. "This is Sharia police," Higby interjects in his narration, a phrase echoed across replies to his post.<grok:render card_id="90ee3d" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation">
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Critics point to a pattern. Dearborn's police chief, Issa Shahin, appointed in 2022, has faced scrutiny for initiatives like bilingual Arabic patches on uniforms, seen by some as pandering to the city's demographics. A 2021 protest against similar "Islamification" fears saw eggs thrown at officers, but no mass arrests. Today's inaction drew swift backlash: "Where’s the National Guard? This is an American City," tweeted @LaylaTexas77, amassing 111 views in minutes.<grok:render card_id="23571a" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation">
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</grok:render> Others invoked ICE, with @Cate_Hoons quipping, "Someone should call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE on the counter protest."