Ven Johnson sat with the family of Patrick Lyoya on the first day of the trial. He said reliving the day Lyoya died has been “devastating” for his family.

A federal judge has determined a military veteran’s lawsuit can proceed against both the U.S. government and a federal psychiatrist on the accusations the she engaged in an improper romantic

The trial for the former Grand Rapids police officer charged with second-degree murder in the 2022 death of Patrick Lyoya begins Monday.

 More than three years after the fatal police shooting of a Black man in western Michigan, former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr sat in court April 28 as his long-delayed trial