After hearing public testimony on Oct. 26, the independent commission investigating the April 2-3 disturbances will meet Tuesday to continue discussing its draft report.
The commission will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road.
"We set it up (Wednesday night)," ASMSU representative and commissioner Derek Wallbank said. "We needed another (meeting).
"It's a lot better to do that after sitting back and listening to what students were saying. We didn't think we'd do student recommendations justice if we decided just then."
ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government.
Commissioner Andrew Schepers, who is also the ASMSU Student Assembly chairperson, said the commission heard good testimony during the public hearing.
"(We received) a lot of insight and first-hand tales of interaction of folks involved in the situation with police officers," Schepers said.
"Situations like that really shed the light on the activities of officers that night."
Commission member and East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said the hearing provided the commission with some new information, which would be taken into consideration when drafting the final report.
"I felt that there was some additional comments a little bit different than what we've heard previously," he said.
Meadows said because some speakers questioned the policies of the police department in terms of chemical munitions, the commission might want to discuss police behavior.
"If there was a question about it we may want to look at tweaking the language there," he said.
Schepers said he thinks people are growing tired of recommendations and are demanding results.
"We gave an opportunity for folks to come out and we appreciate them for coming out," he said.
"A lot of folks are tired of the testimony process and feel that there's been enough time, and it's finally time to get some recommendations out there."





