A judge on Friday set bond at $100,000 for a Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in the April shooting of Patrick Lyoya and entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf
Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr appeared via a video feed during a brief court hearing, responding yes or no to Judge Nicholas S. Ayoub’s questions about whether he understood the charges and his rights and whether he had been able to talk to his attorneys.
He has been held their since turning himself Thursday, when Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker announced his decision to charge Schurr. Schurr caught him quickly, and the two struggled across a front lawn in the rain before the fatal shot. Grand Rapids police Chief Eric Winstrom said he would recommend Schurr be fired, though he is entitled to a hearing and the ultimate decision would be up to the city manager. Schurr has been on leave since the shooting.
“We strongly believed there was no justice in America, until today,” Peter Lyoya said. “What I want is the final justice for my son.” “Everybody thinks prosecutors are an arm or just a branch of police. And we’re not,” Becker told reporters. “We are our own entity. We have a duty to enforce the law. We work a lot with them but we don’t work for them.”The shooting turned into an immediate crisis for Winstrom, who was a commander in Chicago before taking charge in Grand Rapids early in March. Over Becker’s objections, he released video from four different sources on April 13.
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