Overview
- Jake Lang attempted to burn a Quran on Michigan Avenue, tapped it with bacon, and was later punched by a counter-protester during the march toward City Hall.
- Dearborn police said officers managed the demonstrations and made three arrests from different groups after observing disorderly behavior.
- Conservative influencers at the scene alleged assaults and criticized police for inaction, claims the department disputed in a statement asserting a rapid response.
- Michigan gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson, who had initially raised ‘Sharia law’ claims, reversed course after visiting mosques; Lang spray-painted his campaign bus and attacked him rhetorically.
- Lang, pardoned for Jan. 6-related charges and now running for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida, used white‑nationalist rhetoric at the council meeting and called for ICE as Dearborn residents and officials publicly condemned the provocations.