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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

1April 11, 2023Grand Rapids is the 2nd most beautiful and affordable city: Affordable for whom?

5April 10, 2023The Chamber of Commerce created group, Housing Next, is vying for state grant money to facilitate all things housing in West Michigan – why we must oppose this!

0April 9, 2023POLICE SHOOTING RANGE UPGRADE AWARDED TO UTAH CONTRACTOR

1April 4, 2023The local news media’s 1 year anniversary coverage of the killing of Patrick Lyoya recycles previous stories and gave Chief Winstrom an unquestioning platform to dictate the narrative around policing in Grand Rapids

2April 3, 2023“It was like a funeral procession”: Comrades Collective organized a Justice4Patrick caravan in the neighborhood where the GRPD killed the Congolese immigrant

0April 2, 2023By visiting Kids Food Basket in Grand Rapids, Gov. Whitmer perpetuates food insecurity by normalizing the food charity model

0March 31, 2023The GRPD unknowingly gave us a tactical gift during their presentation to the Public Safety Committee

3March 30, 2023GRPD takes over Public Safety Committee meeting and convinces the members to support drone proposal

4March 29, 2023Commercial news coverage of the GRPD proposal to purchase and use drone technology in Grand Rapids

2March 29, 2023On the one year anniversary of the GRPD killing of Patrick Lyoya: GRIID Interview with a member of the Comrades Collective