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The Kent County medical examiner's finding matches the conclusion of an expert hired by Lyoya’s family.
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Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker says he will not make a decision about whether to charge the officer until he has the full report from state police.
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Grand Rapids’ City Commission meeting ended abruptly on Tuesday night, as city leaders walked out and activists chanted in the empty meeting room.
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Police had said they wouldn't release the officer's name until the investigation into the shooting was complete, but the chief reversed course "in the interest of transparency."
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Rev. Al Sharpton spoke Friday at Patrick Lyoya's funeral and renewed the call for transparency made by Lyoya's family.
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An attorney for Lyoya's family says he doesn't see a conflict in the contribution. Some other Grand Rapids community leaders want the prosecutor to recuse himself.
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The detail seemed apparent in videos released by GRPD last week, but the autopsy results confirm it. Lyoya's family has called the police shooting an "execution."
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In a press conference Thursday, attorney Ben Crump described Lyoya’s death by the Grand Rapids police as “an execution.”
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A man who was the subject of a story Michigan Radio aired in January 2020 was sentenced Wednesday to probation and required to register as a sex offender.
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For years, people in Grand Rapids have warned that the tactics of the city's police department would lead to death. Last week Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Black man, was shot.