A man who threatened to burn a Quran in Dearborn last week during an anti-Islam protest is now filing a federal hate crime lawsuit against the city.

In a statement released Tuesday, Jake Lang said he has filed suit against Dearborn police, the city council and Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for $200 million.

Lang is running as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida.

He claims that he and his group were hit with pepper spray and sucker punched. He also says they had food thrown at them. He claims the police didn't do anything to prevent them from getting hurt.

Lang was part of an anti-Islamic protest in Dearborn, and CBS Detroit's cameras were there when Lang taunted counter-protesters with bacon. Crews also captured screaming matches, along with pushing and shoving between the two

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