Authorities raided five homes in southeastern Michigan on Wednesday as part of a yearlong vandalism investigation into pro-Palestinian graffiti targeting the homes of University of Michigan officials and others.
Search warrants, authorized by a Michigan state court, were executed in Ann Arbor, Canton and Ypsilanti, according to a Thursday news release from the Michigan Department of Attorney General. The individuals whose homes were searched were not arrested, though some were detained and later released, officials said.
The search warrants were executed as part of the Michigan Department of Attorney General’s investigation into at least 12 “coordinated and related” acts of vandalism and property damage that occurred in multiple Michigan counties between approximately February 2024 through March 2025, officials said. The estimated cost of the damage is about $100,000, according to authorities.
“These search warrants were not investigative of protest activity on the campus of the University of Michigan nor the Diag encampment; today’s search warrants are in furtherance of our investigation into multijurisdictional acts of vandalism,” the attorney general’s office told CNN Wednesday, adding that local, state and federal authorities were involved in the searches.
“Political slogans or messages” were placed at every vandalized site, the attorney general’s office said. Graffiti displayed pro-Palestinian messages at most of the sites, photos show.
Several University of Michigan administrators were among those targeted.
Last edited by Kishkumen on Tue Apr 29, 2025 10:07 am, edited 1 time in total.
Kish I'm confused that you say there were no warrants when the article refers to warrants multiple times. I did not follow the link so if my comment is off base, please forgive.
ETA: I thought better of it and used the link. CNN is blocking me out right now. It's happened before because apparently I run out of "free" reading instead of subscribing which I don't care to do. So could you explain what I mentioned above re: warrants/no warrants?
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Yep! Sorry guys! The stories I watched repeatedly said that the warrants were not produced when the inhabitants asked to see them. I will correct the post. Obviously there is a difference between refusing to show the warrant and not having one. I quickly found a story that matched the basic information in what I had seen on the various shows and posted it here, not having read the print version carefully.
