Councilman Eddie Kabacinski was named in two criminal warrants over incident involving a woman who put \
A Warren city councilman was named in two criminal warrants Wednesday for his alleged actions in handcuffing a woman after she put “Black Lives Matter” stickers on a Trump campaign lawn sign in Eastpointe. Councilman Eddie Kabacinski is expected to be arraigned this week on charges that he impersonated a police officer and assaulted the 24-year-old Eastpointe woman while handcuffing her arms behind her at an Oct.14 rally for President Donald Trump. The warrants, issued by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, are both misdemeanors. Impersonating a police officer is punishable by up to one year in jail and the assault charge carries a 93-day sentence upon conviction. “We are watching but not certain what impact these charges may have on him and his duties on council,” Warren City Council President Patrick Green said Wednesday. “We will explore what consequences there might be.” Any council action would be limited, Green noted, adding that removal from council would take a vote of the people or an act by the governor. Green made a public statement at Tuesday night’s Warren City Council meeting in which he scolded Kabacinski for his alleged actions one month earlier involving a Black family whose home had been attacked in Warren.
