The family of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man fatally shot by a white police officer in April, is suing the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan and the former officer who shot him.
revealed that Lyoya was fatally shot in the back of the head by ex-police officer Christopher Schurr after a traffic stop.The lawsuit contains both state and federal counts, attorney Ven Johnson said during a press conference Wednesday.The second count is against the city of Grand Rapids. "We will prove that the policies and practices of the city of Grand Rapids as it relates to the use of excessive force actually lead to Schurr utilizing excessive force," Johnson said.
Between June 2015 and May 2020, 79 citizen complaints for excessive use of force were lodged against Grand Rapids police officers, Johnson said, adding that all but two officers were "exonerated or otherwise cleared." The Michigan Department of Civil Rights is investigating complaints of racial profiling with disparate treatment from Grand Rapids police officers, Johnson pointed out."When you take driving while Black plus excessive force, you end up with Patrick Lyoya being unjustly executed by this Grand Rapids police officer," attorney Ben Crump said at the press conference.
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