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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Above the noise of protesters chanting and passing cars honking in support, Michael Sterling Sr. choked back tears talking about his son. Sterling’s son, Samuel, was struck and killed last year by a Michigan State Police trooper vehicle that was pursuing him.
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A Michigan police officer who fatally shot a Black man in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop will not face a second trial.
Following the decision to not retry former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr on a murder charge, city leaders are calling for peaceful reactions to the news.
The father of Patrick Lyoya, whose son, Patrick, 26, was killed three years ago after a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, said his son deserves justice.
The trial of former officer Christopher Schurr, who was charged with murder in the 2022 execution-style shooting of Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ended with a hung jury on Thursday.