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.

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.

A member of the jury that couldn’t reach a verdict in the Christopher Schurr murder trial said race never came up in the deliberations, that Schurr helped himself by taking the stand and that

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.

Civil rights leaders expressed disappointment in the decision not to retry Schurr in Lyoya's killing, urging greater accountability.