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Kalamazoo Civil Rights Board members don’t want police investigating complaints
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
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KALAMAZOO, MI The city of Kalamazoo’s new Civil Rights Board is determining how it will work to provide expanded protections against housing discrimination, and members have spoken up about a few key points on how the board will function.
“I am completely opposed to law enforcement doing these investigations,” board member Jessica Glynn said during the Jan. 6 Civil Rights board meeting.
The comment came as she and others asked how civil rights complaints would be processed in Kalamazoo under the newly created board.
City Attorney Clyde Robinson explained his office would be involved. The city will first determine if complaints can be addressed under existing state or federal statues and, if so, the complaint would be forwarded to the proper entity if it should be handled outside of the city government, Robinson said.