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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0May 10, 2022West MI Foundation Watch: Peter & Joan Secchia Foundation – contributions to fit their political agenda

0May 10, 2022A six year defunding of the GRPD plan: First Divestment, then Investment as reparations for the historical harm done by policing in Grand Rapids

3May 9, 2022City Manager Mark Washington says No interruptions to normal operations will be tolerated in the City of Grand Rapids, even when the GRPD killed Patrick Lyoya

0May 8, 2022Efforts to defund the GRPD Timeline and the upcoming 2023 Grand Rapids City Budget

8May 5, 2022Half of the GRPD FOIA documents are redacted, others reveal that the police viewed Patrick Lyoya as dangerous even after he was shot

0May 4, 2022Updating the DeVos Family Reader: Monitoring the most powerful family in West Michigan

0May 3, 2022Despite the local news headlines, the GRPD will NOT be reducing the number of cops in the proposed 2023 City Budget

1May 3, 2022May 3rd Special Election for 74th District Seat, again features a candidate that has received thousands from the DeVos family

3May 2, 2022We don’t need to hear the opinions of people who are responsible for the death of Patrick Lyoya: WOODTV8 story should have centered the voices of the African Diaspora Community

1May 1, 2022Grand Rapids Public Safety Committee adds a member of the Capitalist Class, thus creating a greater firewall against public opposition to policing in this city