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Criticism of Kalamazoo police actions during summer protest continues at second ‘listening session’
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Protestors stand in a wall of tear gas in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. After 35 to 40 minutes of reasoning with the police after violating curfew crowds were dispersed using CS gas and mace pellets. The City of Kalamazoo imposed a curfew from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3 after late night vandalism.Joel Bissell
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KALAMAZOO, MI Residents and activists involved in summer protests in Kalamazoo had more criticism for police Monday, during the second of two listening sessions hosted by a firm hired to complete an independent investigation of the police response to those events in 2020.
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OIR Group meets with Kalamazoo citizens virtually on Monday, January 25, 2021. (Photo courtesy of City of Kalamazoo YouTube page via Zoom meeting).
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Monday, the California-based OIR group held its second public input session regarding the response of Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) officers to protests held over the summer.
During this virtual meeting, citizens were offered the opportunity to speak in a public medium to voice their concerns and testimony. This was the second of two planned virtual sessions to collect information, with the first taking place earlier in January.