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By Tom Burke

Outrage that cop called ex-Marine ‘loco’

Grand Rapids, MI protest demands end to police and ICE collaboration.

Grand Rapids, MI – The Grand Rapids Police Department was caught lying and covering up for Captain Curt VanderKooi this week. VanderKooi racially profiled an ex-Marine and contacted ICE to detain him in November 2018. The recent Grand Rapids police investigation claims VanderKooi contacted ICE out of concern for possible ‘terrorism.’

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