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‘Total lawlessness:’ Journalist influencer says he was stalked, later assaulted at chaotic Dearborn protest
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A conservative influencer and journalist who claims he was stalked and then assaulted while covering a protest in Dearborn, Michigan, described the scene as “total lawlessness” and accused police of refusing to intervene or take his report.
Dearborn, home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the United States, has recently drawn attention from activists who accuse the city of operating under “Sharia law,” according to MLive. On Tuesday, an anti-Islam protest on Michigan Avenue turned chaotic as demonstrators and counter-protesters clashed, prompting allegations of assaults and police inaction that later spilled into a city council meeting.
Cam Higby told the Dearborn City Council that he was pepper-sprayed and robbed while documenting the confrontations.
“I went and told one of your officers … that this had happened. He told me there was nothing that could be done about it unless I went to the station,” Higby said. “I told him, ‘You’re never going to catch the guy if I go into the station later …’ He said, ‘Sir, I can’t leave my post.’ Five minutes later, I caught him in the parking lot on a personal phone call.”
ANTI-ISLAM PROTESTERS, MUSLIMS CLASH IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, AFTER MAN ATTEMPTS TO BURN QURAN
Conservative political influencer and commentator Cam Higby, left, films demonstrators outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In a follow-up interview with Fox News Digital, Higby said he confronted a counter-protester on the “Free Palestine” side who was harassing a man in an “America First” hat. Higby said the man pushed him as he tried to record, and he shoved him back, after which he was pepper-sprayed.
“Sir, why is not he welcome on a public sidewalk?” Higby asks the man, before being told to “get that camera out of my face.” The man turns to tell him this again, adding that he will “take it” from Higby if he does not stop recording. The phone then drops and someone picks it up to record Higby with his eyes tightly shut.
“They picked up my phone, recorded me suffering … and then chucked it across the street,” Higby recalled, adding that roughly $50 and his microphone receiver were taken.
He alleged that officers witnessed several assaults but “did nothing,” describing the scene as “total lawlessness.”
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Cam Higby says he was pepper-sprayed after confronting a counter-protester at Tuesday’s protest in Detroit, Michigan. (Cam Higby)
Higby said he ultimately left the city without filing a report because he did not feel safe.
“It didn’t seem like any of the police were motivated to enforce any kind of law,” he said. “They wouldn’t take my report [earlier] and I got out of Dearborn as quickly as possible.”
A spokesperson for the Dearborn Police Department told Fox News Digital it “responded quickly” and managed the demonstrations. The spokesperson also said that officers made three arrests from different groups for “disorderly behavior.”
Chief Issa Shahin stated, “I am proud of the disciplined and measured response our officers demonstrated during the November 18 demonstrations. Their actions reflected our department’s core values and our dedication to safeguarding everyone in our city. I also want to thank the Dearborn community for its patience and support throughout the event. Working together, we will continue to ensure that Dearborn remains a safe, respectful, and welcoming place for all.”
Higby, who livestreams political demonstrations on his YouTube channel, said the night before the protest he and his team were followed by cars, people on foot and even a low-flying drone while filming near a local mosque.
“It was very creepy, eerie and unsettling,” he said.
During the same city council meeting, several participants offered sharply different views of the chaos.
Isaac Thomas, who identified himself as one of the anti-Islam protesters, said their peaceful demonstration was “met with violence.” He claimed several people were assaulted and said that police officers were overwhelmed by the size of the crowd.
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Isaac Thomas, a man who came to the anti-Islam Dearborn protest, spoke at the Nov. 18 Dearborn City Council Meeting and said their peaceful protest was met with violence from counter-protesters. (Dearborn City Council via YouTube)
“Multiple people were assaulted. It was caught on video, and we would like to make police reports for the assaults that happened to us. So far, the officers have refused to do that,” Thomas said, warning that “legal action” could follow.
Counter-protesters affiliated with the far-left group, By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, claimed police were not forceful enough toward the anti-Islam demonstrators.
Detroit-based activist Adrian Lupkiewich, described by local outlets as a transgender activist, told the council that officers “did nothing to really disperse the crowd of fascists.”
“All they did was protect them, and that is wrong,” Lupkiewich said, urging the council to “stand in solidarity with the people here today that are condemning fascism” and to “fight” back against what the activist called a “demagogic fascist movement led by Trump.”
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Detroit-based BAMN activist Liana Mulholland speaks at Dearborn City Council meeting, Nov. 18, 2025. (Dearborn City Council Meeting via YouTube)
Another Detroit-based BAMN activist, Liana Mulholland, praised the counter-protesters for driving away the anti-Islam activists.
“They went from being maybe, I don’t know, around fifty people to like three guys with a banner because they had been scared away,” she said. “And I think that is exactly the kind of action that is needed. And I think Dearborn really set the model for how to deal with these situations.”
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud acknowledged the unrest but lauded residents for their composure.
“While children were singing on their way to school, dozens of protesters were marching through our streets shouting about Muslims in America,” he said. “Some of them were misled. Others came with hate in their hearts … And yet even then, Dearborn showed who we truly were … a place where neighbors show up for one another, where hurt is met with compassion.”
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Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud condemned the “hate” at the protests, saying it was not reflective of the city’s values, in comments during the Nov. 18, 2025 city council meeting. (Dearborn City Council Meeting via YouTube)
According to MLive, the confrontations began when Jake Lang, who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, arrived on Michigan Avenue and attempted to burn a Quran. Lang held up a lighter attempting to light the religious text on fire, but counter-protesters knocked it from his hands.
Later, Lang slapped the Quran with a slab of bacon before a counter-protester grabbed the book and ran off with it.
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Milwaukee, WI
16-year-old shot in Milwaukee; police seek suspects
The Holton Street Bridge nearly ready to reopen after a rehab project
The Holton Street Bridge in Milwaukee is nearly ready to reopen after a rehabilitation project. A public reopening ceremony on will take place on July 16.
A teen was shot in Milwaukee on the afternoon of July 14, and the Milwaukee Police Department is asking the public for information about the incident.
Police said a 16-year-old was shot in the 2700 block of North 44th Street around 4:23 p.m., according to a news release. The circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation.
Milwaukee police are looking for unknown suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Milwaukee Police Department at 414-935-7360 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or submit a tip through the P3 Tips app.
Adrienne Davis is a general assignment and breaking news reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Got any tips or stories to share? Contact Adrienne at amdavis@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @AdriReportss.
Minneapolis, MN
Feds release key evidence in Minnesota ICE shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
MINNESOTA (TNND) — Federal prosecutors have turned over key evidence in the fatal ICE shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti to Minnesota investigators after months of legal battles, marking a major breakthrough in the state’s effort to investigate the deaths.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday that the evidence was released by U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen’s office after a lengthy dispute over access to the materials. The transfer includes previously withheld hard drives containing witness statements, police body-camera footage and Good’s damaged SUV.
“The wonderful thing now is we have all the evidence,” Moriarty said in a video statement. “Any time the government is responsible in whatever way for taking the life of a community member, we need to have a full and thorough investigation.”
The Minneapolis immigration crackdown, dubbed “Operation Metro Surge,” ended in February after being billed as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever.
A private autopsy found that Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot three times by a federal immigration agent during a Jan. 7 traffic stop, including a fatal gunshot wound to the head.
Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, was shot and killed during a Jan. 24 protest. The medical examiner ruled he died after being struck multiple times by federal agents.
At least nine people have been killed nationwide in encounters involving ICE agents since the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign began last year. No one has been charged in connection with the deaths, and the federal government has argued that state prosecutors lack jurisdiction to investigate federal officers.
The latest development also comes as questions continue to surround other recent fatal ICE shootings. An ICE agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, while prosecutors in Houston said federal officials are still withholding key evidence in their investigation into another deadly shooting involving an ICE officer last week.
New video of Minneapolis ICE shooting from agent’s perspective (CNN Newsource)
Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration in March, accusing federal authorities of refusing to provide evidence needed for the state investigation.
Court filings suggest the breakthrough came after federal prosecutors sought evidence gathered by state investigators in a separate case involving ICE agent Christian Castro.
Castro, 52, has been charged with assault and falsely reporting a crime in connection with the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Prosecutors allege Castro fired through the front door of a Minneapolis home while pursuing another man, striking Sosa-Celis in the thigh.
State and local prosecutors told federal officials they would share evidence in Castro’s case only if the federal government agreed to reciprocate in the investigations into the deaths of Good and Pretti.
“We are willing to share evidence with you if the exchange is reciprocal,” Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans wrote in a court filing.
Lawyers for Good’s family called the evidence transfer “an important and meaningful step toward justice and accountability.” The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which has taken custody of the materials, said “great strides have been made” to ensure a “thorough and complete review” of both shootings.
But an attorney for Pretti’s family said Rosen’s office still declined during a Monday meeting to confirm whether any formal cooperation agreement exists between state and federal investigators.
“No family should be required to beg federal authorities to do their job,” attorney Steve Schleicher said in a statement. “Without a public commitment by federal authorities to cooperate with the state, it is difficult—if not impossible—to pursue justice that holds the individuals accountable for Alex’s death.”
The evidence transfer marks the first significant cooperation between state and federal investigators since Minnesota filed its lawsuit, potentially allowing the long-stalled investigations into both fatal shootings to move forward.
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Editor’s note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis church hosts community sessions to revitalize 32nd Street corridor
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Residents of Indianapolis’s near north side have a chance to help shape the future of their neighborhood.
Crossroads AME Church is hosting two community listening sessions to gather input on revitalizing the 32nd Street and Capitol Avenue corridor in the Crown Hill neighborhood.
The first session is 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Community Action of Greater Indianapolis, 3266 N. Meridian St. A second session is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 30, at the same location.
“We as a congregation do not want to undertake that initiative without getting input from the community,” said Reverend Jerry E. Davis III of Crossroads AME Church.
The corridor, located two blocks west of the Children’s Museum, has long been identified as an area in need of resources. Davis said the church’s research and conversations with community leaders have already surfaced concerns about access to food and pharmacy services. The area has been described by some as both a food desert and a pharmacy desert — a situation that worsened when a CVS near 38th Street and Illinois Street was replaced by a car wash.
“There is one less resource where perhaps within walking distance we can get the pharmaceutical needs that we have satisfied,” Davis said.
The July 14 session is designed as an open forum, with no limits placed on what residents can raise. Davis said the church wants to hear ideas that go beyond what research has already uncovered.
“We want to hear even beyond the numbers,” he said.
The July 30 session will give attendees a chance to return and prioritize the ideas and needs shared at the first gathering. Davis called the two sessions a “both and” opportunity, encouraging residents to attend both.
Both sessions offer in-person and virtual participation options. A free dinner will be provided at both in-person gatherings.
For more information, contact Crossroads AME Church.
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