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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, attorneys for the motorist's family said after filing a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday.
The complaint states the officer who shot Lyoya violated his civil rights and city officials failed to act on previous complaints of excessive force.
A lawsuit against the city of Grand Rapids and former police officer Christopher Schurr is seeking $100 million for the family of Patrick Lyoya.
Family of Black refugee Patrick Lyoya sues Grand Rapids police officer for fatal shooting
Attorneys for the family of a Black man who was killed by a police officer claim that the officer had no reason to pull the man over. The officer was fired from the police department.