GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Grand Rapids wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit designed to keep police recordings from the press and being used against a fired 20-year police lieutenant.
The lawsuit puts the city and its police department on one side against the police union and a former lieutenant as they fight to keep conversations between officers private.
But in a switch, the side fighting to keep the recording out of the public eye said it may be the city that is looking to cover things up.
This all stems from the Nov. 19 incident when an officer called in to say that he had pulled over then Assistant Prosecutor Joshua Kuiper driving the wrong way on a city street and striking a parked, occupied car.
The prosecutor was not given a breathalyzer test or arrested, but was driven home by police.
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