No charges filed in fight at Kalamazoo food co-op

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — No charges will be filed by Kalamazoo County prosecutors against a person involved in the fight at a Kalamazoo food co-op last month, officials say.

A police obtained via an open records request report gives insight into the Aug. 28 fight at the People’s Food Co-op that happened amid a monthslong governance dispute. According to the nine-page report, at first officers were not sure who the aggressor was until video of fight began to circulate online.

Kalamazoo food co-op dispute leads to fight, changed locks

According to the police report, officers were called to the store on Harrison Street on the report of a fight that involved “multiple staff members.”

Four people involved say it happened as a group of members, officially called owners, tried to change the locks of the store after a new board was elected…

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