Family sues over police killing of Black Michigan motorist
DETROIT (AP) -- A white Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed a Black motorist during a traffic stop last spring had no reason to pull him over,
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DETROIT (AP) -- A white Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed a Black motorist during a traffic stop last spring had no reason to pull him over,
The family of Patrick Lyoya, who was fatally shot, has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Grand Rapids and ex-police officer Christopher Schurr.
In a probable cause hearing that was delayed three times, US District Court Judge Nicholas Ayoub ruled on Monday that the former police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, would stand trial for murder in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
If read in its most simple form, a Michigan law called the "fleeing felon law" says people can be killed if they are attempting to flee a felony under certain circumstances.