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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0March 7, 2026Yesterday I had my settlement conference in court for my January 5th arrest for demanding that Kent County end ICE holds

0March 5, 2026Community Historians Workshop addresses issues around public education, both politically and economically for GRPS in the 1990s and 2000s

0March 4, 2026Another false solution is being proposed on ending homelessness by a Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce initiative

1March 3, 2026Resolution to have East Grand Rapids not cooperate with ICE does not get adopted, instead they will post FAQs from the EGR Police Department

1March 3, 2026When are local news agencies going to talk to people and organizations that have been brutalized by the GRPD: The root of Winstrom’s anti-cop claim

2March 2, 2026Cops and Capitalism go hand in hand: GRPD says they will need more cops when the Amphitheater opens

2March 2, 2026Michigan’s Rep. Scholten and Senator Slotkin both release statements condemning Iran as the US attacks that country

0March 1, 2026Cosecha and GR Rapid Response to ICE are demanding that ICE be abolished, while some local Indivisible groups want to merely reform ICE

0February 27, 2026GRIID Class on US Foreign Policy since WWII – Week #7: US involvement in the Global Drug Trade

2February 26, 2026Rep. Scholten helps get more public money for the cops and has an shallow response to the GRPD killing of Da’Quain Johnson