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Patrick Lyoya: Michigan officer charged with second-degree murder

Officer faces second-degree murder charge in fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in early April.

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Michigan police officer charged with murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in back of his head

Shocking bodycam footage shows Officer Christopher Schurr shooting the Black man in the head while he was pinned face down on the ground

The Independent UK

Charging decision due Thursday in police shooting of Lyoya

A Michigan prosecutor says he will announce Thursday whether charges will be filed in the death of Patrick Lyoya

The Independent UK

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George Floyd two years on: some accountability but killings go on

Minneapolis officers prosecuted, local reforms adopted in some states, but national overhaul of policing falls short.

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Prosecutor talking to experts in killing of Patrick Lyoya

A prosecutor says he will only decide whether to charge a white Michigan police officer in last month’s fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, after he finishes discussing it with experts

The Independent UK

Advocates demand prosecutor charge white Michigan policeman in Black refugee's death

"I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.

WEKU

Patrick Lyoya was super drunk under law when pulled over in fatal traffic stop, exam finds

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The blood-alcohol level of the man shot and killed by a Grand Rapids police officer last month was more than three times the legal limit, according to a Kent County medical examiner's autopsy and toxicology report released Monday to The Detroit News under a public records…

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Patrick Lyoya killed by shot to the head from police, autopsy confirms

An official autopsy has concluded that Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was killed by a Michigan police officer, died from a gunshot to the back of his head

The Independent UK

Autopsy: Patrick Lyoya killed by cop's shot to the head

An official autopsy has concluded that Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was killed by a Michigan police officer, died from a gunshot to the back of his head

The Independent UK

Commentary: End police violence against Black Americans

On April 4, an unarmed Black man named Patrick Lyoya was killed by police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after being pulled over for having mismatched license plates; a white officer shot him in the back of his head. On April 17, Syracuse police aggressively detained a Black boy, just 8…

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'I was just ... involved in a shooting': Records detail moments after Patrick Lyoya killed

DETROIT — Grand Rapids police personnel preserved the clothing and equipment of Officer Christopher Schurr and questioned him after he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, according to police reports released Friday, but his version of events was shielded from public view.

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Cop who shot Patrick Lyoya had no excessive force complaints

A Michigan police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head had no complaints of excessive force against him, according to his personnel file

The Independent UK

Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya commended for foot chases

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Christopher Schurr has earned multiple commendations during his seven-year career as a Grand Rapids police officer, including being lauded several times for successful foot chases.

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Initial Michigan State Police investigation into deadly shooting of Patrick Lyoya sent to prosecutor

DETROIT — Michigan State Police have sent an initial investigation into the deadly police shooting of Patrick Lyoya to Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker's office, the department said Thursday.

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Police union defends Grand Rapids cop who fatally shot Lyoya

The police union that represents an officer who fatally shot a man in the back of the head after a traffic stop defended his actions Tuesday.

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Police union backs officer in Patrick Lyoya killing

The union representing police officers in a Michigan city is defending the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head

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Greater Grand Rapids NAACP calls for firing of officer in Lyoya death

DETROIT — One day after police released the name of the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, the Greater Grand Rapids NAACP is demanding the officer be fired, the Kent County prosecutor recuse himself from the investigation and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel step in.

The Independent UK

NAACP: Michigan attorney general must investigate Lyoya case

A civil rights group is demanding that the Michigan attorney general investigate the police shooting of Patrick Lyoya, warning the longstanding relationship between the county prosecutor's office and Grand Rapids police could lead to bias

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Who is Christopher Schurr, the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya?

A Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot a man in the back of the head during a struggle that followed a traffic stop on April 4 shared a connection with him eight years ago and half a world away.

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Police release name of Grand Rapids officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom on Monday released the name of the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya on April 4.

Al Jazeera

US police release name of officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya

Lyoya’s family and supporters demanded the officer, Christopher Schurr, be named publicly and face criminal charges.

The Independent UK

Michigan police officer who shot unarmed Patrick Lyoya identified

Lyoya was shot in head at close range after traffic stop

The Independent UK

Police chief releases name of officer who shot Patrick Lyoya

Grand Rapids, Michigan, police have identified Christopher Schurr as the officer who killed Patrick Lyoya three weeks ago

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Time to examine whether minor vehicle infractions merit police stops

One big question deserves to be on every police officer’s mind when pulling a motorist over for a relatively minor offense: Is this stop really worth the violent confrontation or death that could follow? Even if cops aren’t asking that question, city governments are, and they increasingly are concluding that,…

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Youth activists in Detroit demand accountability in Lyoya killing

DETROIT — Youth activists on Sunday chanted demands for justice for the family of Patrick Lyoya in front of the "Spirit of Detroit," bringing outrage over the April 4 killing of the Black refugee by a police officer in Grand Rapids to the city's municipal building before marching up Woodward…

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