EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)- The Human Rights Commission is now joining the NAACP, the Women's Center of Greater Lansing, the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission and others in calling for the resignation of East Lansing Police Chief Jennifer Brown.
The Commission is also calling for an external investigation into the police department as a whole and the pepper spray incident that occurred during Michigan State University's welcome week.
Commissioners held Monday night's special meeting to specifically talk about the department's handling of welcome week, where two black men were pepper-sprayed and charged with misdemeanors, which prosecutors have since requested dismissal for. As well as to discuss comments made by the police chief about that week, which some city officia