Tag: Police Use of Force

Mistrial Declared in Ex-Mich. Police Officer’s 2nd-Degree Murder Trial

A jury was hopelessly deadlocked in the trial of former Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr, stemming from a 2022 traffic stop that ended in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man.

The murder trial for the Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya has resulted in a hung jury.

A mistrial was declared after the jury hopelessly deadlocked on the second-degree murder charge against Christopher Schurr, the police officer who has since been fired. As a result, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker will have to decide whether to refile charges against Schurr.

Read on HERE

Why Cops Shoot: The entire Tampa Bay Times project on Florida police | Tampa Bay Times

No one was keeping track of police shootings in the country’s third-largest state. So in 2014, the Tampa Bay Times set out to count every officer-involved shooting in Florida during a six-year period. We learned that at least 827 people were shot by police — one every 2½ days. We learned that blacks are shot at a higher rate than whites. We learned that on-duty police are almost never charged with crimes for firing, even though agencies pay millions to settle civil lawsuits.

We learned that there are ways to avoid some of the violence.
— Read on projects.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/florida-police-shootings/

Documentary Uses Body Cam Footage to Examine Fatal 2018 Chicago Police Shooting | Chicago News | WTTW

The movie is about Harith Augustus, a 37-year-old barber who was shot and killed by police in South Shore in July 2018. The shooting sparked immediate public outcry and legal fights for full access to police body camera video.
— Read on news.wttw.com/2025/02/19/documentary-uses-body-cam-footage-examine-fatal-2018-chicago-police-shooting

See the documentary here

The Public Health Risk of Police Violence and Pediatric Responsibility w/ Dr Jeffrey Eugene & Dr George Dalembert | KPFA

The Public Health Risk of Police Violence and Pediatric Responsibility w/ Dr Jeffrey Eugene & Dr George Dalembert | KPFA
— Read on kpfa.org/area941/episode/the-public-health-risk-of-police-violence-and-pediatric-responsibility-w-dr-jeffrey-eugene-dr-george-dalembert/