police
Does the Grand Rapids Police Officers Association contract promote police officer misconduct?
by (Lyonel LaGrone II)
Submitted 12-18-2018 under OPINION
A citizen-based analysis of the current state of police-community relations in the City of Grand Rapids has revealed a consistent narrative: there is a clear resistance from the GRPD to accept accountability. The pattern in practice of GRPD...
Diverse neighborhood voices share report about communities and policing
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 08-09-2018 under NONPROFITS
In 2017, the Heartside Neighborhood held their first National Night Out. According to the National Night Out website, the event is “an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie...
Photo Gallery: Movimiento Cosecha GR protests Kent County contract with ICE at commission meeting
by (jproth1)
Submitted 07-30-2018 under NEWS
The immigrant rights group Movimiento Cosecha GR came out in numbers again to the Kent County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, July 26, 2018 to protest Kent County's contract with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.) Read...
Commissioner Womack leads way in signing commitment to discontinue ICE contract in Kent County
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 07-27-2018 under NEWS
The immigrant rights group Movimiento Cosecha GR came out in numbers again to the Kent County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, July 26, 2018 to protest Kent County's contract with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....
Protesters against ICE take over Kent County commission meeting
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-28-2018 under NEWS
Over 120 people gathered at 8 a.m. at Calder Plaza to call for Kent County to end its contract with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Kent County currently contracts with ICE for $85 a day to detain suspected undocumented immigrants in...
Former Commissioner White withdraws from appointment consideration at City Commission meeting
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-14-2018 under NEWS
Tuesday night's lengthy City Commission meeting was a packed house. Some of the biggest news came at the end of the night when Mayor Rosalynn Bliss announced former Third Ward Commissioner James White was withdrawing his name from consideration...
Local NAACP wants policing changes after detainment of 11-year-old girl
by (jproth1)
Submitted 12-19-2017 under NEWS
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Leaders of the Greater Grand Rapids Branch of the NAACP and family members of 11-year-old Honestie Hodges gathered on Calder Plaza in front of City Hall Tuesday morning, December 19, 2017. The supporters are asking Grand Rapids...
Regulating begging is still bad solution to poverty, public safety concerns
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 12-12-2017 under OPINION
I work at The Rapidian now and have for about three years, but before I was a staff member, I was a community journalist. The second article I wrote on The Rapidian was an opinion piece detailing why I thought banning panhandling was a terrible idea...
Equity Service Policy passed without new measures for GRPD
by (Russell Olmsted)
Submitted 11-16-2017 under NEWS
On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 over 50 men, women, and children spoke before the City Commission asking that an Equal Service Policy be passed to protect the immigrant community from potential fear, intimidation, and harassment by City staff and...
Join The Micah Center at City Hall to stand for dignity, protection for immigrants
by (The Micah Center)
Submitted 10-24-2017 under NONPROFITS
Will you act now to stand with the immigrant children of God in Grand Rapids? Click here to quickly, easily email the City Commission and join us today to show support at the City Commission. Some of our most vulnerable, immigrant...