IONA’s outreach director, William Antoun, was instrumental in connecting organizers of the protest with Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer well before the planned protest. This helped to establish trust and cooperation so that a peaceful non-violent protest was carried out and the rights to free speech and assembly went uninterrupted. Any threats of violence by counter protesters were squashed by the Warren police who worked closely with the Sterling Heights Police to make sure there was ample security on both sides on 14 Mile Road.
Michigan Senator Steve Bieda, State Representative Abdullah Hammoud, Gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, congressional candidate Fayrouz Saad, Steve Spreitzer from the Michigan Roundtable for
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