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More about what happened:
- A candle light vigil is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. tonight at Ah Nab Awen Park (220 Front NW). A community healing gathering is set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13 at Second Congregational United Church of Christ (525 Cheshire NE)
- A letter from Grand Rapids Mayor George K. Heartwell to the GR community on the day after the homicides
- The Rapidian rounded up all media documentation that were sent to us via Twitter, Facebook and other means
- MLive has a moment-by-moment account of the events as they unfolded
- WoodTV has pulled together a page with all of its video coverage of the shootout
- A search for "Rodrick Dantzler" on WZZM will show all of the news outlet's coverage
- Several hashtags were used on Twitter. Among them:
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THE FEED
A candle light vigil is set for 8:30 p.m. tonight at Ah Nab Awen Park.
From The Rapidian staff*:
The day after, it's natural to melt into ourselves. Yesterday's events were surreal, and I'd wager that no one's thinking of going out tonight, pushing through crushes of revelers for a typical Friday evening. But how many are thinking of holing up, too?
The Rapidian might not have been the first URL you typed into your navigation bar when the news hit (tip of the hat to Tweeters, MLive, WoodTV, WZZM and others who did a commendable job covering last night's events). But what tonight will prove, as we gather in small circles, is that we're social creatures who sometimes can't make sense of things, can't see the bigger picture until we do it together. The Rapidian's roots are planted in this notion.
So in the aftermath, remember that your community is this entire city and beyond. Be brave. Please help one another by sharing your thoughts. Nobody has the answer to why things happened last night, what it means—there's no prerequisite for comments to be profound—but if we each pitch in our thoughts, maybe together as a city, we can begin to come to terms with last night.
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unfortunately the Rapidian will not allow me to post (due to technical difficulties with the site) an article I had in relation to this ... but i would like to share this video on the candle light vigil friday at Ah-Nab-Awen
hey scott - what difficulties are you experiencing? Let me know, and I can help you work through them. Feel to email me at info@therapidian.org
I did, however, add your video to the Storify narrative in that original article. Scroll down to see it.