They deserve a retrial.
In Detroit,Ann Arbor or Flint,where there's more Black people in the jury pool.
#patricklyoya #grandrapids #michigan #blackmastodon https://www.wxyz.com/news/lyoya-family-files-100m-lawsuit-against-grand-rapids-officer-schurr-after-mistrial
Grand Rapids protest demands justice for Patrick Lyoya
https://fightbacknews.org/articles/grand-rapids-protest-demands-justice-for-patrick-lyoya
Judge Christina Mims declared a #mistrial Thurs morning in the 2nd-degree #murder trial for #ChristopherSchurr after the #jury said it was unable to reach a verdict.
The jury began deliberations Mon & told Mims on Tues that they were deadlocked after deliberating for ~10hrs over 2 days. Mims asked them to keep deliberating.
#PatrickLyoya's death, which occurred amid years of tense relations between the city police & #Black residents,drew national attention. Schurr was fired after the shooting.
#Mistrial declared in murder trial against former #GrandRapids, #Michigan #cop accused of killing Black motorist
The jury deliberated for more than 3 days in the case against #ChristopherSchurr, 34, & whether he was guilty of second-degree #murder or an alternate charge of voluntary manslaughter after he shot & killed #PatrickLyoya, 26, during a chase in April 2022. The two struggled over Schurr's Taser before the former officer shot Lyoya in the back of the head.
The issue attention cycle dropped this several years ago but jury deliberation is happening right now over killer cop, Christopher Schurr, and the murder of #PatrickLyoya in Grand Rapids, MI back in 2022.
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Jurors have begun deliberating over whether former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr was justified when he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, in April 2022. Lyoya was lying facedown underneath Schurr when the officer shot him in the back of his head. Schurr’s attorneys have argued he acted in self-defense after Lyoya resisted arrest. Prosecutors have argued that the use of deadly force was unreasonable and unnecessary. Schurr is charged with second-degree murder and faces up to life in prison if convicted. Jurors also have the option to convict him of the lesser charge of manslaughter, which carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
Lyoya family feels ‘betrayed’ as murder case against ex-police officer drags into 3rd year
from MLive.com
by John Agar
Ex-police officer says appeals court erred in ruling he stand trial in Patrick Lyoya’s fatal shooting
from MLive.com
by John Agar
Ex-Grand Rapids police Officer Christopher Schurr has asked the state Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that he stand trial for second-degree murder in April 2022 fatal shooting of motorist Patrick Lyoya.
When will ex-Grand Rapids police officer’s murder trial happen? Legal fight continues.
from MLive.com
by John Agar
Significant events after Patrick Lyoya’s killing by ex-Grand Rapids police officer: A timeline
from MLive.com
by John Agar
Ex-officer’s Taser a key issue in split decision to uphold murder charge in Lyoya death
from MLive.com
by John Tunison
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