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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

7April 20, 2021City of Grand Rapids and GRPD release memo that threatens those who would protest the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial

0April 19, 2021Senator Peters visits the US/Mexican Border, praises US Customs and Border officials, gets excited about new border security weaponry

0April 18, 2021110th Anniversary of the Grand Rapids Furniture Workers Strike: Why labor organizing is still urgently needed and what we can do to expand it

1April 17, 2021Protest in Grand Rapids focuses on the police lynching of Daunte Wright, GRPD again threatens people for not being obedient

0April 15, 2021WZZM 13 airs story about what to do if cops pull you over, but say nothing about what is wrong with the police

0April 14, 2021Grand Rapids City Officials vote to give themselves a substantial wage increase over the next 2 years, so how does that promote equity?

3April 13, 2021West Michigan Policy Forum hosted event on criminal justice reform is code for protecting White Supremacy, the Prison Industrial Complex and Business as usual

0April 12, 2021Betsy DeVos created group Great Lakes Education Project, pushes misinformation about Schools and COVID

0April 11, 2021The Devil is in the Details 4/12/2021: recreational cannabis, corporate committee representation, money for the GRPD and the 2022 City Budget timeline

0April 8, 2021Imagining Grand Rapids without the GRPD