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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the civil lawsuit stemming from the April 4, 2022, police shooting of Patrick Lyoya can move forward, rejecting former Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr’s request for full summary judgment and qualified immunity.

A jury will decide whether a Michigan police officer violated the civil rights of a Black man when he shot him in the back of a head, a judge said Thursday, clearing the path for a trial or settlement years after the fatal encounter was recorded on video.

A judge refused to dismiss a civil lawsuit against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr in the fatal shooting of motorist Patrick Lyoya.

This civil rights action arose from the excessive use of force against the plaintiff while she was detained at the Hillsdale County Jail and experiencing a mental health crisis.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion this week in the case of Jerry Blasingame, who passed away in 2023.

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a $21 million verdict against an Atlanta Police Department officer whose shocking of a man with a Taser left him paralyzed from a resulting fall, keeping intact a $20 million compensatory damages award and a previously-slashed $1 million in punitive damages.

Residents of Midland County, Michigan, who were affected by the disastrous Edenville flood are still feeling the effects six years later.  

Rain Williams, who was 19 at the time, suffered a permanent brain injury and limited mobility after being shot in the head and shoulder by a Detroit police officer in June 2024.

A Detroit family is renewing calls for accountability after a police officer allegedly stumbled and opened fire into a crowd at a block party — shooting a then-19-year-old woman in the head and leaving her permanently disabled.