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CAIR attorney and business owners allege repeated, targeted city responses to complaints against Garden City Collision

5899993 · October 7, 2025
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At public comment, counsel for the Council on American‑Islamic Relations and the Yemeni American owners of Garden City Collision said repeated calls and inspections triggered by a neighbor amount to harassment, citing EGLE and a district court dismissal as evidence the complaints found no violations.

An attorney for the Michigan chapter of the Council on American‑Islamic Relations (CAIR‑Michigan) and owners of Garden City Collision used the public‑comment period on Oct. 6 to allege that a neighbor has repeatedly leveraged the city’s police, fire and building code enforcement resources to harass the business and its Yemeni American owners.

Amy Doucoure, CAIR‑Michigan lead staff attorney, told council the…

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