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Residents and commissioners demand review after 36‑hour Ypsilanti police siege at 1111 West Cross
Summary
Dozens of residents described a multi‑agency, 36‑hour response to a Ypsilanti mental‑health incident that included flashbangs, tear gas, LRAD, a fire hose and partial demolition. Commissioner Somerville requested a full review and answers about command, dispatches and why mental‑health teams were not engaged earlier.
Residents and neighbors recounted a prolonged, militarized law‑enforcement response at 1111 West Cross in Ypsilanti that they say lasted more than a day and left a home partially demolished and at least one resident displaced. Eyewitness Greg Woodring said police repeatedly used flashbangs, tear gas and an LRAD while the number of tactical personnel on scene grew from about eight to roughly 20. "They demolished the building, and they fired a fire hose into this house with this man in it," Woodring said.
Multiple speakers described a chaotic scene of onlookers being pushed back, canisters and munition casings left on lawns, and what several characterized as unnecessary use of heavy equipment and weapons against a person the community identified as experiencing a mental‑health crisis. Brad Hale, a long‑time area handyman,…
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