Overview

• Law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, executed raids on homes in Ypsilanti, Canton, and Ann Arbor, targeting seven pro-Palestine student activists under a vandalism investigation.
• Residents reported that officers forcibly entered without providing visible search warrants, handcuffed occupants, and seized electronic devices and other possessions.
• The Michigan attorney general’s office stated the raids were unrelated to protest activities and focused on vandalism incidents, including damage to homes of university officials.
• Civil rights groups, including CAIR, condemned the raids as an excessive and politically motivated response aimed at silencing pro-Palestine activism.
• The raids follow earlier felony charges by Michigan AG Dana Nessel against 11 student protesters and reflect broader federal and state coordination in policing dissent.