2022

April

Monday the 25th

• Officer Who Killed Patrick Lyoya Identified By Grand Rapids Police (Officer Christopher Schurr) Christopher Schurr was identified as the Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya on April 4.

Friday the 22nd

• Patrick Lyoya fled Congo to escape war. A traffic stop in Michigan cost him his life Video of Lyoya's death has reignited protests over racial injustice. For those who knew him, he's remembered as a son, brother and father — a person of faith whose life was inextricably shaped by war.

Wednesday the 20th

• Independent autopsy shows Michigan cop's gun was likely pressed to Patrick Lyoya's head Attorneys for the Patrick Lyoya family released Tuesday the findings of an independent autopsy performed by a world-renowned forensic pathology expert, Werner Spitz. Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in the back of the head by a white Grand Rapids police officer on April 4. Th...
• 'Leftist handmaidens': Michigan Republican (Jim Runestad) mocks reporters as he defends police shooting of Patrick Lyoya The Michigan Senate was abuzz with floor speeches on Tuesday. State Sen. Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) openly mocked and denounced media coverage of a police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Grand Rapids — naming one Detroit Free Press reporter in particular. And state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Roya...

Sunday the 17th

• Will Patrick Lyoya’s Killer Cop Be Charged? Legal Experts Say Manslaughter Indictment Is Overdue Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr is facing life in prison if convicted.

Wednesday the 13rd

• Bodycam footage from fatal Grand Rapids police shooting of Patrick Lyoya
• Civil Rights Groups Demand Justice for Unarmed Black Man Killed by Michigan Cop Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump says the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya must "not only be terminated for his excessive and fatal force, but be arrested and prosecuted for his violent, reckless, and unjustified killing of this Black man during a misdemeanor traffic stop!"

Monday the 4th

• Family of Patrick Lyoya, attorney Ben Crump speak after release of police shooting video