GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A weekend traffic stop that was part of a shots fired investigation is drawing criticism of the Grand Rapids Police Department, with the subject of the stop accusing them of racial profiling.
“I began to think of my wife and children, to be honest,” Bishop Amere May Sr. recalled. “I said (to myself), ‘They are going to shoot me.’”
The department maintains the stop was conducted by the book and even tempered slightly from typical procedures for a “high-risk stop,” while acknowledging Amere’s experience and feelings are justified…