Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against GRPD

"That’s essentially the justification that the Grand Rapids Police Department has used, saying we will look at things like limited English proficiency and these other factors that we think are completely inappropriate to use as a proxy for national origin and possible immigration violations. Those are things that are completely inappropriate to rely on. You can’t tell someone’s immigration status by looking at them or their level of English proficiency.” - Hillary Scholten (Michigan Radio) (Revue(WZZM13) (FOX17) (GrandHaven Tribune) (StarTribune) (Holland Sentinel)

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019