Police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya charged with murder

[SouthBayDem]

Source: The Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Kent County prosecutors have authorized a charge of second-degree murder against a Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed a Black motorist, Patrick Lyoya, during a struggle.

Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker’s decision came more than two months after the April 4 shooting along a Southeast Grand Rapids street that put a national spotlight on Grand Rapids.

Becker said he expects the officer, Christopher Schurr, to be arraigned Friday in Grand Rapids District Court.

Read more: https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/06/police-officer-who-killed-patrick-lyoya-charged-with-murder.html

[FarPoint]

1. This is an appropriate charge.

I pray for Justice.

[Lil Liberal Laura]

2. "Lyoya was shot in the back of the head."

Hats off to our Brave Men in Blue!

[KS Toronado]

4. Welcome to DU!

[Lil Liberal Laura]

7. Thank you

[867-5309.]

3. That video is very damning

Surprised it wasn't "accidentally" erased. Murder, indeed.

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

5. What was with the body-cam

kabuki performance starting @13:30 odd, when they were doing "cpr" on the corpse of a man with a bullet in the back of his skull? Weirdly the second guy seemed to be humping the body rather than doing the useless chest compressions.

[jimlup]

6. Thanks

I think this case has not gotten the attention that it deserves. If he had not been charged it would have been a blatant miscarriage of justice.

[rsdsharp]

8. The cop said he stopped him because the plate didn't belong on the car.

I haven’t seen whether that was true. Cops have a long history of intentionally typing the wrong license plate number into the computer to manufacture probable cause for a traffic stop where they then go on a fishing expedition. They even have a name for it — “fat fingering.”

If the fishing expedition is successful — hooray — they can write tickets or make an arrest. If not, it’s “Sorry sir. I see now that you do have the correct plate. My fat fingers must have ‘accidentally’ typed the wrong license plate number. Have a nice day!”

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[gldstwmn]

10. Good. I was afraid they were going to let him slide.