A civil rights complaint was filed on Wednesday against the Eastpointe Police Department, alleging anti-Muslim harassment against one of the department’s police officers.
The complaint is filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
It alleges a Muslim and Arab American police officer was exposed to discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment following an incident on March 8, 2026.
“He was working in the detective’s bureau, which is not a place where he normally works, and another officer came in and used a racial slur for Muslims, basically saying ‘F*** all Muslims,’ and was confronted about that. There were other supervisors in place and yet nobody made a complaint,” said CAIR-MI lead staff attorney Amy Doukoure…