EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- The East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission is meeting at Hannah Community Center. On the agenda is a summary of "Response to Resistance" also referred to as "Use of Force" data for 2024.

The summary comes as the East Lansing community is wrestling with a chaotic Welcome Week. The Welcome Week, a tradition for the return of Michigan State University students to the city, was fraught with fights, arrests and uses of force.

Tuesday, 6 News Investigates reported Harold Pope, Jr., president of the NAACP Lansing Branch, and East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission Vice Chair Kath Edsall were calling for state investigations of the police agency's use of force. A review of data from East Lansing revealed recent police interaction data reve

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