Michigan police officer charged with manslaughter in death of black man

A US police officer who shot a black man after a fight during a traffic stop in Michigan has been charged with manslaughter, the US attorney’s office in the northern Michigan state said Thursday. USA.

Christopher Schurr, an officer of policeman grand rapids white, MichiganHe faces a single charge of homicide involuntary, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, prosecutor Christopher Becker said.

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“We have a duty to enforce the law, whether it be to the policeman or to the publicKent County Prosecutor Becker told reporters.

Patrick Lyoya26, was killed during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids on April 4.

The policeman posted four videos of the incident, one of which shows Schurr lying on top of Lyoya as they fight and then appears to shoot him in the back of the head.

The shooting sparked protests in Grand Rapids, a city of about 200,000 people, and calls for the prosecution of the officer involved.

Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump celebrated the decision to charge Schurr with homicide involuntary.

“Although the road to Justice for Patrick and his family just beginning, this decision is a crucial step in the right directionCrump said.

“Officer Schurr must be held accountable for his decision to pursue Patrick unarmed, and ultimately shoot him in the back of the head and kill him, for nothing more than a traffic stop,” he added.

Al Sharpton, American civil rights leader, spoke at the funeral in April Lyoyawhose family came to the United States in 2014 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The murder of Lyoya was the latest in a grim string of black people killed by the policeman in the United States, which has sparked widespread anti-racism protests and demands for reform.

The death of George Floyd, an African American suffocated under the knee of a policeman white in Minneapolis in May 2020, sparked a historic wave of anti-racism protests in the country and around the world.

The officer involved, Derek Chauvin, was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison in 2021.

Source: Elcomercio

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