Protesters shut down Dearborn school board meeting over LGBTQ books [View all]

Hundreds of protesters packed a Dearborn Public Schools board meeting Monday night and shut it down with cries of anger over certain LGBTQ books they said are too sexually explicit for children.

A heavy police presence failed to prevent the meeting from descending into chaos as demonstrators took it over and then various factions within them jostled for control, shouting at each other. Protesters often ignored the requests of police officers to stop interrupting board members.

It was unclear who was in control of the meeting at times. Most of the crowd appeared to be in opposition to the books, but there were also a number of people with the the American Federation of Teachers union who showed up to support inclusion of LGBTQ people and others.

Not until Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin arrived later did the protesters stop their agitation. Shahin pleaded with the crowd to relax and not embarrass Dearborn.

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