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The ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center have asked the Grand Rapids Civilian Appeal Board to reverse the findings of the Grand Rapids Police Department, which exonerated Captain Curt VanderKooi, who called ICE on Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a U.S. citizen and decorated Marine combat veteran.
ACLU and MIRC Call for Broader Systemic Changes In Grand Rapids Police Department Beyond Placing One Officer On Leave
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) today released documents obtained through a public information request of the Grand Rapids Police Department that show that the officer who called U.S.
Grand Rapids Police Department called ICE on Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, and ICE sought to deport him, even though he had his U.S. passport and military ID.
The ACLU of Michigan, in a complaint filed today with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), asks that the Paw Paw Public School District be investigated for maintaining a racially hostile educational environment.