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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0March 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

1March 2, 2026Cops and Capitalism go hand in hand: GRPD says they will need more cops when the Amphitheater opens

1March 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

0February 26, 2026Rep. Scholten helps get more public money for the cops and has an shallow response to the GRPD killing of Da’Quain Johnson

0February 25, 2026Should the issue of defunding the GRPD be a strategy moving forward in Grand Rapids after the police killing of Da’Quain Johnson?

2February 24, 2026Free Byron Press Conference news coverage and omissions: Another ICE arrest with GRPD collaboration

1February 23, 2026Members of the Grand Rapids Power Structure wrote a love letter to Chief Winstrom because he protect their economic interests

2February 22, 2026The GRPD killed another Black community member: Those in power have a script, but we don’t have to follow it