NEWS ALERT: U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed helped lead anti-police group, who organized protest that turned into deadly riot

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From the Washington Free Beacon: Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate in the 2026 Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat, was on the board of an anti-police group when it organized Detroit protests that turned deadly in May 2020, public disclosure records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show.

El-Sayed served as a board member of Michigan United from 2019 through 2020, as its president in 2021, again as a board member in 2022, and as president once more in 2023, according to the organization’s tax disclosure filings. During this time, the group advocated for the movement to defund the police, compared cops to “slave catchers,” and organized a May 29, 2020, demonstration outside the Detroit Police Department’s headquarters that spiraled into vandalism and violence.

The event, cohosted with a litany of other left-wing extremist groups, drew an estimated 1,000 protesters. Though it began as a peaceful demonstration, it soon devolved into a riot, with activists defacing police cars and attacking officers with bottles, rocks, and other makeshift weapons, resulting in hospitalizations. At least 60 people were arrested, and one man was shot and killed after a gunman fired into the crowd, according to reports.

In a post on X on May 28, 2020, Michigan United posted a flyer advertising the protest, and touted, “Tomorrow we will rally in front of Detroit Police Headquarters to demand social and criminal justice. The world witnessed the murder of #GeorgeFloyd. We must take a stand against police brutality, racial profiling, and double standards. Join the movement 5/29 at 4pm.”

In another post, the group added, “No Justice. No Peace. #Solidarity #Resist #BlackLivesMatter ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏻✊🏻.”

CNN published a condemning report on Monday, revealing that El-Sayed, a 41-year-old progressive activist, has recently scrubbed his social account of all his previous posts calling to “defund the police.”

El-Sayed was born in Detroit in 1984, to parents who had immigrated to the United States from Egypt.  He made an unsuccessful run for governor of Michigan in 2018. Now, he’s trying to get a seat in the U.S. Senate.

On Wednesday, El-Sayed referred to a New York Times article and claimed, “In order to beat the MAGA movement, we have to be clear about what we’re fighting for. It’s time to take on the system that brought us Donald Trump.”

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