{"id":2600760,"date":"2026-05-09T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/city-council-removes-neighborhood-watch-signs-for-being-too-racist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:00:55","slug":"city-council-removes-neighborhood-watch-signs-for-being-too-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/city-council-removes-neighborhood-watch-signs-for-being-too-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council Removes Neighborhood Watch Signs for Being Too Racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcity-council-removes-neighborhood-watch-signs-for-being-too-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600760&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ann Arbor, Michigan removed its Neighborhood Watch signs, with city officials saying the displays were exclusionary and tied to racist assumptions. On april 21, the city held a ceremony to take down the last remaining sign. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">city council<\/a> had previously passed a resolution on dec. 15 ordering the removal of more than 600 signs, arguing the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >programs emerged amid public anxiety<\/a> about crime and social change and that they relied on suspicion-notably toward Black, brown, and other marginalized residents. Removing the signs reportedly cost at least $18,000,and city leaders,including mayor Christopher Taylor,attended the final-sign event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, took down its Neighborhood Watch signs under the theory that the displays are racist.<\/p>\n<p>Senior elected officials held a ceremony on April 21 to remove the final sign, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/ann-arbor\/2026\/04\/ann-arbors-last-neighborhood-crime-watch-sign-ceremonially-taken-down.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the last of these relics of the past come down,\u201d City Council Member Jen Eyer, a Democrat, commented at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really hearkens back to a time when public safety was more about surveillance and exclusion of people from communities and trying to look out for anyone who looked different,\u201d she added, per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ann-arbors-woke-city-council-removes-hundreds-of-anti-crime-signs-because-theyre-unwelcoming-exclusionary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blaze Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ann Arbor, MI removes 600 anti-crime signs to be \u201cinclusive\u201d &#038; \u201cwelcoming\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fnCCF4nAlp\">pic.twitter.com\/fnCCF4nAlp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/2049466226351440101?\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Members of the City Council passed a resolution on Dec. 15 ordering the removal of more than 600 Neighborhood Watch signs across Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution claimed that \u201cNeighborhood Watch programs emerged in the 1970s during a period of national anxiety about crime and social change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It said that the programs were \u201coften rooted in assumptions about who did and did not \u2018belong\u2019 in a neighborhood, reinforcing race-based hyper-vigilance and suspicion particularly toward black, brown, and other marginalized residents and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood Watch also purportedly \u201cencouraged informal surveillance practices that disproportionately targeted people of color and contributed to patterns of exclusion under the guise of public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Removing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-biden-campaign-sign-paid-for-by-the-american-taxpayer\/\" title=\"This Biden Campaign Sign Funded by American Taxpayers\">signs cost<\/a> the city at least $18,000, Blaze Media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ann Arbor Democratic Mayor Christopher Taylor was also present at the event where the final sign was removed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ann Arbor removes 600 Neighborhood Crime Watch signs to be more \u201cinclusive\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EB1P7JOai2\">https:\/\/t.co\/EB1P7JOai2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Not_the_Bee\/status\/2049519083540857121?\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He said at the ceremony that \u201cNeighborhood Watch signs are expressions of exclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/less-than-half-of-democrats-want-biden-to-run-in-2024-new-poll-finds\/\" title=\"Less Than Half Of Democrats Want Biden To Run In 2024, New Poll Finds\">social media users noted<\/a> the absurdity of claiming that Neighborhood Watch and other efforts centered on public safety are somehow racist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe woke believe that law and order are anti-black and anti-POC, hence they call for abolishment,\u201d Post Millennial senior editor Andy Ngo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/2049526102133985381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnn Arbor is a welcoming community unless you are Christian, voted for Trump, fought COVID school lockdowns, opted out of the vaccine, or support police,\u201d another user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shoesonplease\/status\/2049560421628096607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that a sign is a good deterrent anyway, but they just publicly announced to every potential burglar and thief that their Neighborhood Crime watch is over, all are welcome to roll on in. 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