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Dearborn Heights First in U.S. with Arabic on Police Patch
The optional patch, designed to honor community diversity, reflects Dearborn Heights' 39% Middle Eastern or North African population and symbolizes unity and respect, officials said.
- Dearborn Heights has introduced the country's first police badge featuring Arabic script, according to local sources.
- Mayor Bilal Bazzi stated the badge was a design idea and not an official prototype, as reported by local news.
- Some individuals have falsely claimed that the badge suggests an effort to impose Sharia law in Michigan.
- The Dearborn Heights Police Department clarified that the badge design was not being officially rolled out, amidst backlash from conspiracy theorists and politicians.
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Police force logo featuring Arabic writing to 'reflect community' slammed for setting 'dangerous precedent'
An American police force has come under fire after a badge design featuring Arabic writing was posted on its Facebook, with critics warning there should be "zero tolerance" and it could set a "dangerous precedent".Foreign policy analyst Nile Gardiner, who was once an aide to the late former Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, took aim at the Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan after a digital mock-up appeared on its Facebook page o…
'Stop it now while you still can': MAGA melts down over police patch in state Trump won
On Friday morning, September 5, Republican Dearborn Heights, Michigan Mayor Bilal "Bill" Bazzi — President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Tunisia — addressed MAGA Republicans' angry response to an optional police patch that incorporates Arabic. Bazzi, according to Fox 2 TV, said that the patch was strictly an idea and shouldn't have been presented as official.The 62-year-old Bazzi was born in Lebanon but has lived in the United St…
Dearborn Heights’ Arabic Police Patch Snafu Is A Badge Of Surrender
Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Mayor Bill Bazzi announced Friday that the new Arabic police patch was not “official” — but didn’t rule out adopting such a badge of surrender in the future. A Facebook post from the police department posted earlier this week read: “The Dearborn Heights Police Department [DHPD] is proud to share a new […]
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