US EditionVideo of police officer killing Patrick Lyoya shown at murder trial in Grand Rapids
- Former officer Christopher Schurr's second-degree murder trial begins Monday in Grand Rapids for the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya on April 4, 2022.
- The fatal encounter followed a traffic stop for improper license plates where Lyoya fled, leading to a physical struggle.
- Lyoya, a Congolese immigrant seeking refuge, was killed on April 4, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
- The officer's command "Drop the taser" is audible in the video footage of the struggle.
- Schurr, fired and charged in June 2022, faces up to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder.
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Trial begins for ex-Grand Rapids officer charged with murder in fatal shooting of Black motorist
Scott Olson/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Opening arguments in the trial of Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer who is charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya, began in a Michigan courtroom on Monday morning. The trial began three years after the Black motorist’s death. A jury was sworn in on Wednesday, with jurors and alternates consisting of four men and 10 women, with 10 white jur…
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