Residents gathered at the January 7, 2026 Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners meeting protesting the actions of law enforcement responding to a barricaded individual in Ypsilanti.
Ypsilanti residents living near a man’s over-30-hour standoff with police are demanding answers as to why such dramatic tactics were used to end a mental health crisis. He was arrested unharmed. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department led the multi-agency response to the situation.
“I never thought I’d see a fire hose blasting into a second story of a house that wasn’t on fire.”…