The event comes just days after a gunman killed four people at a church in Grand Blanc Township. “My heart goes out to the community,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said during the event. The FBI opened a civil rights case regarding the Grand Blanc Township church attack within hours of the incident, Swanson said. Nessel noted that about 620 hate crime incidents occurred in Michigan in 2024 alone, reflecting an overall rise of such crimes. Another speaker at the event, Genesee Health System CEO Dan Russell, shed some light on the mental health aspect of attacks like the one that occurred Sunday.