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Ann Arbor’s last ‘Neighborhood Crime Watch’ sign ceremonially taken down
Advance Local Media (local coverage in Michigan) ^ | Apr. 21, 2026 | Ryan Stanton

Posted on 05/02/2026 8:25:24 AM PDT by Salman

ANN ARBOR, MI — The last “Neighborhood Crime Watch” sign in Ann Arbor is now removed.

City officials gathered on Princeton Avenue on Tuesday, April 21, for the ceremonial removal of the final sign after weeks of work to remove hundreds of similar signs.

“It’s great to see the last of these relics of the past come down,” said City Council Member Jen Eyer, D-4th Ward.

Eyer joined Mayor Christopher Taylor and Council Member Cynthia Harrison, D-1st Ward, in lifting it out of the ground to be hauled away and recycled.

Despite neighborhood watch programs being defunct, more than 600 such signs remained throughout the city before the effort to get rid of them, officials said.

“Neighborhood watch signs are expressions of exclusion,” Taylor said, calling their removal a small but important step.

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Research shows they don’t reduce crime and often reinforce racism, council members said.

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(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: awfuls; crime; libtards; michigan; racism; virtuesignalling
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1 posted on 05/02/2026 8:25:24 AM PDT by Salman
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They’ll be eventually be replaced by signs for “The Committee For Defense of The Revolution”.


2 posted on 05/02/2026 8:26:58 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Salman

So they’ve succumbed.


3 posted on 05/02/2026 8:28:26 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Salman

“Neighborhood watch signs are expressions of exclusion,” Taylor said, calling their removal a small but important step.


Yes, because we all know black people love having their houses robbed.


4 posted on 05/02/2026 8:28:36 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Salman

these people are crazy and deranged


5 posted on 05/02/2026 8:36:06 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Salman

In other words the left is explicitely encouraging the minority underclass to go into White areas and break in, rob, steal and rape.


6 posted on 05/02/2026 8:38:06 AM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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To: Salman

I know I feel better now.


7 posted on 05/02/2026 8:38:09 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Salman
Fine. Replace them with these signs....

Pcscp Warning We Don't Call 911 (Ver.W) 11 inch by 9.5 inch Laminated Sign

8 posted on 05/02/2026 8:39:24 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: dfwgator

The Committee for Public Safety To be followed just like the French Revolution by the inevitable Reign of Terror.


9 posted on 05/02/2026 8:41:28 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: Responsibility2nd

10 posted on 05/02/2026 8:42:59 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Salman

It’s A²...they’ve been on planet loon for decades.


11 posted on 05/02/2026 8:44:07 AM PDT by Nekman (The Dems are SocialistCommunistUtopianMarxists...SCUM for short...it FITS!)
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To: Salman

The defund the police, restorative justice, anti stand your ground/castle doctrine, and gun control is all an effort to facilitate and incentivize blacks to prey upon Whites, Asians, Hispanics, and Jews.


12 posted on 05/02/2026 8:45:06 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: thegagline

Blacks prey on each other more than they do on whites.


13 posted on 05/02/2026 8:45:53 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: thegagline

14 posted on 05/02/2026 8:47:37 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Salman
Neighborhood watch signs are expressions of exclusion,” Taylor said, calling their removal a small but important step.....Research shows they don’t reduce crime and often reinforce racism, council members said.

Given this, I'm sure the Gun Free School Zone signs are coming down next.....

15 posted on 05/02/2026 8:49:36 AM PDT by capydick ("Within the covers of the bible are the answers for all the problems men face")
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““It’s great to see the last of these relics of the past come down,” said City Council Member Jen Eyer, D-4th Ward.”

Yeah moron......its right up there with “Whites only” signs on water fountains.

Great example of perpetually offended SJW woke idiots....and the muggings, rapes and murders will continue on schedule. 👌


16 posted on 05/02/2026 8:50:39 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: capydick; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Liz; PJ-Comix; GOPJ; Libloather

SPLC-funded “research” produces the “results” that the SPLC and DOJ JustUS funding wants.


17 posted on 05/02/2026 8:57:59 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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To: Salman

Neighborhood watch groups may get replaced by secret protection societies.


18 posted on 05/02/2026 9:02:32 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: dfwgator
Blacks prey on each other more than they do on whites. As someone whose grandmother was mugged 6 times by blacks, I don’t care.
As someone whose friend was brutally raped by a black, I don’t care
As someone who was a victim of polar bear hunting, I don’t care. I could go on, but coffee is calling me.
19 posted on 05/02/2026 9:05:47 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Raciss?

The National Neighborhood Watch Institute, NNWI is, and always has been a division of InterPrint Corporation, a California Corporation. NNWI is in partnership with the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) and the National Neighborhood Watch (NNW). The Boris the Burglar℠ logo design is a trademark of NSA and is reproduced with NSA’s permission. Boris the Burglar℠ is a service mark of NSA. NNWI is a Licensee of NSA and is authorized to use the Boris the Burglar℠ name and logo. The Masked Bad Guy logo design is a registered trademark of InterPrint Corporation.

https://www.nnwi.org/


20 posted on 05/02/2026 9:07:35 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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