“screams heard as panicked residents stampeded across ‘blue bridge’ during fireworks finale, saturday night, in grand rapids”; but the grpd has a solution: deny, deny, deny!

[“Roseanne Roseannadanna says: ‘with blacks, it’s always somethin’”; “this week, it was a White holiday which made for a convenient excuse to pull guns before, during, and after fireworks’ (july 4 update)”]

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, july 7, 2025 at 7:46:00 a.m. edt

“screams heard as panicked residents stampeded across ‘blue bridge’ during fireworks finale, saturday night, in grand rapids”

“(woodtv) reports of gunshots heard, as a fireworks show wrapped up, sent hundreds of grand rapids residents and visitors in a literal stampede, saturday night. overhead video shows the crowds rushing across the ‘blue bridge’ near the spot gunshots were said to have been heard. Grpd deny any shots were fired.

“A mom who was caught in the panic is thankful for the two strangers that helped her and her 3-month-old daughter find their family.

“the video was captured as the fireworks finale sparkled overhead, according to [sic] person who sent the video to news 8. in it, a stream of people can be seen running east on the blue bridge as others run along the western bank of the grand river near the end of the firework show.

“‘run, run,’ was all you could hear as waves of people came at us,’ said the mother, who spoke to woodtv.

GRA: That is some sight. It looks like the “running of the bulls” on this long bridge. The woman said, “we will not be coming back to grand rapids for fireworks”—and I don’t blame her.

Police say no shots were fired, but witnesses say, “yes, there WERE”—but if not, why the panic? Police did report two gangs were arrested for having guns drawn, but that was [allegedly] the extent of the incident.

With blacks—it’s always somethin.’

--GRA