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The Buffalo mass shooting comes amid rise in racial violence in US

Hate-based crime has been getting worse in recent years, largely cultivated in the cauldron of darkest reaches of the internet

The Guardian - US · May 15, 2022

Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya commended for foot chases

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Christopher Schurr has earned multiple commendations during his seven-year career as a Grand Rapids police officer, including being lauded several times for successful foot chases.

Tribune News Service · Apr 29, 2022

Who is Christopher Schurr, the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya?

A Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot a man in the back of the head during a struggle that followed a traffic stop on April 4 shared a connection with him eight years ago and half a world away.

Tribune News Service · Apr 26, 2022

During eulogy for Patrick Lyoya, the Rev. Al Sharpton demands federal probe into shooting

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Rev. Al Sharpton has been here before. So has Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Sharpton demands federal probe into Lyoya's shooting death at funeral

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Calling Patrick Lyoya's shooting death "an execution" by a police officer, the Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday demanded a federal investigation into the fatal traffic stop.

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2022

Attorney Crump accuses officer of racial profiling of Lyoya; results of independent autopsy released

DETROIT — Attorneys for Patrick Lyoya's family said Tuesday the 26-year-old's death appears to be a “classic” case of Lyoya being targeted for a “driving while Black" traffic stop.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022

Autopsy shows unarmed Black man shot in head by US police officer

Patrick Lyoya was killed during a traffic stop in US state of Michigan, spurring protests and calls for accountability.

Al Jazeera · Apr 19, 2022

Crump accuses officer of racial profiling of Lyoya; results of autopsy being released

DETROIT — Patrick Lyoya died of a gunshot wound to the back of head, an independent autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz confirmed.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022

Sharpton set to deliver eulogy at Patrick Lyoya's funeral

DETROIT — Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton is scheduled to deliver the eulogy on Friday for Patrick Lyoya, the motorist killed by a Grand Rapids police officer following an April 4 traffic stop, Lyoya family attorney Benjamin Crump said Monday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022

Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man shot by officer

Funeral services have been scheduled for an unarmed Black man fatally shot following a traffic stop and struggle with a white police officer in western Michigan

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022