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We’re referring to that as natural selection ... if we could arrest people for being stupid, we’d need a jail ten times as big as we have.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Police Lt. David Schnurstein, on why police aren't actively pursuing people who disregard safety warnings to stay out of the swollen, fast-moving Grand River.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Police Lt. David Schnurstein, on why police aren't actively pursuing people who disregard safety warnings to stay out of the swollen, fast-moving Grand River.

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