Dearborn police are arresting Black suspects and issuing citations to them at significantly higher rates compared with white suspects, prompting protests from a group of activists who are calling upon Dearborn to reduce spending on police and crack down on what they see as racist targeting.
The city of 94,000 that s the headquarters of Ford Motor Co. has seen an intense debate in recent months as members of a new group called Accountability for Dearborn, formed last year after George Floyd s death, have increasingly spoken out at Dearborn City Council meetings. Floyd died on May 25 in Minneapolis in an incident with a police officer, prompting widespread protests and calls for reform of police across the U.S., including in metro Detroit.