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Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr stops to talk with a resident in 2015 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Emily Rose Bennett/The Grand Rapids Press via AP hide caption

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A Michigan police officer is charged with murder in Patrick Lyoya shooting

June 9, 2022 • Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said the officer has turned himself in.

Advocates demand prosecutor charge white Michigan policeman in Black refugee's death

Supporters and family members of Patrick Lyoya, 26, participate in a rally in front of the Michigan state capital building to call on the Grand Rapids police department to name, arrest and prosecute the officer that shot Lyoya. Lyoya, an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died after being shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids police officer following a traffic stop. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Advocates demand prosecutor charge white Michigan policeman in Black refugee's death

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May 12, 2022 • "I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.