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Michigan police officer identified in fatal shooting of Black man
April 25 (Reuters) – Authorities on Monday recognized Christopher Schurr because the police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, throughout a visitors cease in Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier this month, days after his household and mourners known as for him to be named at a memorial service.
“Within the curiosity of transparency, to cut back on-going hypothesis, and to keep away from any additional confusion, I’m confirming the identify already publicly circulating – Christopher Schurr – because the officer concerned within the April 4 Officer Concerned Capturing,” Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom stated.
The assertion comes virtually two weeks after regulation enforcement made video footage of the killing accessible to the general public. Winstrom added that the division would launch extra data relating to the incident later this week.
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Schurr is presently on administrative go away because the Michigan State Police examine whether or not he ought to face legal expenses. The division didn’t say how lengthy he has served on the pressure, although native media MLive reported he has been with the division for seven years.
Lyoya’s household is looking for authorities to dismiss the officer from the pressure and file legal expenses in opposition to him.
Lyoya, who was driving on April 4, was pulled over by the officer who stated he ran the automobile’s license plate and that it didn’t match the automobile, in line with the launched video.
It exhibits Lyoya stepping out of the automobile and seemingly confused because the policeman repeatedly asks for a driver’s license and orders him to get again contained in the automobile.
Lyoya then makes an attempt to stroll away because the officer makes an attempt to handcuff him.
Following a brief foot chase, the 2 males grapple on the garden, at one level wrestling over the officer’s stun gun. Schurr then drew his gun whereas on high of Lyoya and fired one shot at the back of his head, video footage exhibits.
A forensic pathologist who carried out an unbiased post-mortem on Lyoya stated he was shot as soon as by a gun that was held to the again of his head.
The loss of life of Lyoya, a Congolese refugee, touched off protests in Grand Rapids by activists who say it represents the newest instance of police violence in opposition to younger Black males.
Civil rights legal professional Ben Crump got here to symbolize the Lyoya household whereas civil rights activist Al Sharpton delivered a eulogy for Lyoya on Friday.
“That’s now scientific proof of this tragic killing the place his household believes was an execution,” Crump stated of the post-mortem.
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Investigation continues after Michigan mother fatally struck by vehicle near Silver Lake Sand Dunes
(CBS DETROIT) – A 33-year-old Michigan mother was killed on Sunday after she was struck by a vehicle while saving her 2-year-old daughter at the Silver Lake State Park Sand Dunes.
According to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on the “drag strip” near sand dunes.
Authorities say a woman, identified as Kadie Price, and her family were standing outside of their vehicle watching a race when the driver of a modified 1980 Jeep CJ lost control and struck a family’s vehicle.
Price was struck by the family vehicle. Prior to the crash, the sheriff’s office says she pushed her 2-year-old daughter out of the way, “likely saving her daughter from serious injury or worse.”
Bystanders attempted to save Price; however, she died from her injuries at the scene.
Officials say the driver, a 64-year-old Michigan man, has been identified. His name is not being released pending further investigation.
Michigan
Trump narrowly leads Biden in key state of Michigan: poll
Former President Donald Trump narrowly leads President Biden in a new head-to-head poll of the key state of Michigan — but the race is slightly closer than it was two months ago.
The Mitchell Research & Communications, Inc. survey published Monday showed Trump getting 49% support compared to Biden’s 47%, with the remaining 4% of voters undecided.
The race is even tighter when a trio of third-party candidates are introduced, with Trump at 46%; Biden at 45%; independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 5%; and the Green Party’s Jill Stein and independent Cornel West each receiving 1%.
“Trump leads in the two-way race because he has solidified the Republican base better than Biden
has solidified the Democratic base,” Mitchell Research President Steve Mitchell said. “Trump is getting 92% of the GOP vote compared to Biden’s 89% of the Democrats.
“More importantly, Trump is getting 9% of the Democrats while Biden is getting only 4% of the Republicans. Biden is leading with the important group of voters, independents 49% –43%.”
In the five-way race, Kennedy, who will be on the Michigan ballot Nov. 5, takes 4% of his support from would-be Trump voters and just 1% support away from would-be Biden backers.
A poll conducted in March by the same organization showed Trump, 77, leading Biden, 81, by 47% to 44% head-to-head and 44% to 42% in the multi-candidate race.
Biden won the Mitten State by 2.78 percentage points in 2020, while Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by 0.23 percentage points four years earlier.
Both major party contenders have been targeting Michigan, with Trump most recently holding a rally in the battleground state on May 1 that focused on on electric vehicles, immigration and the economy.
Biden last visited Michigan on May 19, also focusing on the economy.
The economy ranked as the No. 1 issue for Michigan voters in the poll (34%), while “threats to Democracy” and immigration placed second and third with 21% and 17% each.
Biden’s smaller share of support among Democrats compared to Trump’s backing among Republicans could be attributed to the anti-Biden protest movement among the state’s large population of Muslims and Arab Americans, who called for voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in the state’s Feb. 27 Democratic primary due to his handling of the war in the Middle East.
Ultimately, more than 100,000 voters followed through with the protest.
The poll also shows Michigan Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin leading Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in the US Senate race that could help decide the control of the chamber.
Slotkin, who jumped into the race after Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) announced she would retire, is polling at 40% compared to Rogers’ 36%. Another 17% percent said they were undecided while 7% said they would favor another candidate.
The poll of 697 likely voters was conducted via text message May 20-21 and has a margin of error of 3.71%.
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