Behind ‘Grand Rapids Nice,’ Police Problems Run Deep in Michigan

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English - April 19, 2022 12:28 - 4 minutes - 7.98 MB - ★★★★ - 63 ratings
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The streets of Grand Rapids, Mich., have been the scenes of protest over the last week, since police last Wednesday released video that showed a white officer shooting a Black man in the back of the head after a traffic stop. The incident and the community's expression of unhappiness are one more chapter in the story of recent protest that began when a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck in 2020.