{"id":118,"date":"2011-02-27T10:40:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=118"},"modified":"2013-02-03T16:13:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T22:13:55","slug":"anarchists-in-grand-rapids-mi-set-fires-and-smash-windows-against-gentrification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Anarchists in Grand Rapids, MI Set Fires and Smash Windows Against Gentrification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/grand-rapids\/index.ssf\/2011\/02\/police_fbi_investigate_letters.html\">M Live<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grand Rapids Police are investigating letters mailed to residents of a  Southeast Side neighborhood that threaten arson and retaliation for  area revitalization.<\/p>\n<p>The letters were received by mail Friday at homes near a recent suspicious fire, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze on Feb. 22 damaged a section of townhouses under construction at 914 Blodgett St. SE.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the letters threatening retaliation for ongoing revitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Residents received the letter Friday from a group calling themselves  &#8220;The Old Neighbors,&#8221; the group claims responsibility for  the fire and  also reads &#8220;We are not peaceful. We are not willing to negotiate.&#8221; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/action.anarchistnews.org\/node\/files\/action\/2011\/grarson.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same letter states that the group &#8220;placed three incendiary devices throughout the first story of the household.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/action.anarchistnews.org\/node\/files\/action\/2011\/Anarchybrick.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The group claims the &#8220;attack was not isolated, nor will it be the  last.&#8221; It wants East Hills Condominiums residents to leave that area and  hopes low-income housing will be put in the East Hills neighborhood, in  the area of Cherry and Hollister.<\/p>\n<p>The letter ends by saying, &#8220;Failure to comply will result in a  multitude of repercussions, including, but not limited to: destruction  of vehicles and houses, muggings, burglary and kidnapping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/action.anarchistnews.org\/node\/files\/action\/2011\/letterfromoldnieghbors.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Investigators are looking into a possible connect to earlier property damage complaints in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In January, vandals struck two Wealthy Street businesses. On  Christmas morning in December 2010 vandals damaged a bar and restaurant  and other businesses on Wealthy St where the actors had spray painted a  pig and then wrote, &#8216;Gentrify this.&#8217; And then on another window wrote  &#8216;Yuppie scum, your time has come,'&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From M Live Grand Rapids Police are investigating letters mailed to residents of a Southeast Side neighborhood that threaten arson and retaliation for area revitalization. The letters were received by mail Friday at homes near a recent suspicious fire, police &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=118\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2532,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[880],"tags":[32,59],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actions","tag-grand-rapids","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6266,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/6266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}