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Local demonstrators continue push for justice amid Daunte Wright s death and last updated 2021-04-16 23:23:49-04 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Protesters gathered in Rosa Parks Circle on Friday to call for change following the police killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota last weekend. âDaunte Wright was someoneâs child, someoneâs boyfriend, a friend, and a father,â said Aly Bates, Justice for Black Lives president. The young, Minneapolis-area man was shot and killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer last Saturday during a traffic stop. Authorities described it as an accidental discharge that happened as they tried to arrest Wright on an outstanding warrant after pulling him over for expired registration tags. His mother says he called her as the cops stopped him and told her it was because of an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. ....
City commissioners in Grand Rapids were once again flooded with calls last night from people upset with the city’s police department. This time, callers to the commissioner’s meeting spoke out against officers arresting eight protesters downtown Monday night. The city manager says the police department will review the arrests. The protest was organized by the group Justice for Black Lives, in honor of George Floyd. Video from the march streamed on Facebook shows dozens of people taking to the streets during the march, before being ordered by police to go onto the sidewalk. Police then arrested some protesters in the crowd, and at least one arrest appeared to take place on the sidewalk. ....
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âWeâre helping them get out of the stormâ: community group helping people relocate from Heartside Park Family Over Everything helping dozens of people experiencing homelessness relocate to shelters, other locations after city issues âNo Trespassingâ order Videos âWeâre helping them get out of the stormâ: community group helping people relocate from Heartside Park and last updated 2020-12-21 21:00:02-05 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Whenever Trev Gibson talks about the dozens of men and women experiencing homelessness in Heartside Park, he calls them friends. âThey are my friends. I love everybody. Weâre just here to help,â Gibson said during an interview with Fox 17 on Monday. âOur friends have been doing this for a long time. And, for the city just to come and be like âyâall got to go somewhere,â I want to be able to help them.â ....