Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed on April 4 during a confrontation with a white policeman following an 8 a.m. traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The incident was captured on video by at least four cameras—the dashboard camera of the squad car, the officer’s bodycam, the cellphone of a passenger in…
Lyoya Family Lawyers Respond to Grand Rapids Police Shooting Videos
April 15, 2022
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Released Videos Raise Question: Was Grand Rapids Cop Justified in Use of Deadly Force?
Four different videos of a recent fatal officer-involved shooting were made public on April 13 by the Grand Rapids Police Department. After showing the videos at a 3 p.m. live-streamed press conference, Police Chief Eric Winstrom, who is also an attorney, said the case would come down to the test of “whether deadly force was needed…
Grand Rapids Police Release Footage of Fatal Police-Involved Shooting
The Grand Rapids Police Department on April 13 released four videos of a recent fatal officer-involved shooting. Police Chief Eric Winstrom said the case would come down to the test of “whether deadly force was needed to prevent death or great bodily harm to the officer.” “To avoid any conflict of interest, the investigation will be…
Lawyer Calls for Special Prosecutor in ‘Evil’ Beating of Jan. 6 Protester Caught on Video
December 23, 2021
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An attorney representing a Minnesota woman allegedly beaten by a Metropolitan Police Department supervisor outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed after the release of dramatic video footage of the incident on Thursday. Victoria C. White, 39, of Rochester, Minn., had been arrested in April and charged…
Names of Jurors Who Convicted Derek Chauvin to Be Released Nov. 1
The names of at least 14 jurors and alternatives in the jury that convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd will be released Nov. 1, according to an order on Monday from the judge who led the high profile case. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill shared the information in…
Defund Police Unions, Not the Police
May 26, 2021
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Commentary As a relatively new state senator, I did my best to work across the aisle. One example is my assisting Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) in February 2016 when I coauthored one of his more ambitious bills. It was Senate Bill 1286, which addressed police officers and their records of misconduct. If approved,…
A Mom’s Research (Part 3): Who Are the Real Racists?
Commentary One day, my 17-year-old daughter showed me a Facebook post that said 74.5% of hate crimes between 1992 and 2014 against Asian Americans were from white offenders. The purpose of the post was to ask Asians to fight alongside the Black Lives Matter movement to “improve minority communities.” I reminded her to check online…
OPINION: A Mom’s Research (Part 3): Who Are the Real Racists?
Commentary One day, my 17-year-old daughter showed me a Facebook post that said 74.5 percent of hate crimes between 1992 and 2014 against Asian Americans were from white offenders. The purpose of the post was to ask Asians to fight alongside the Black Lives Matter movement to “improve minority communities.” I reminded her to check…
Judge Denies Prosecutor’s Motion to Issue New Arrest and Raise Bail for Kyle Rittenhouse
February 12, 2021
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A Wisconsin judge on Feb. 11 denied two motions from prosecutors to issue a new arrest warrant and raise the bail for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen from Illinois who is accused of fatally shooting two people during a riot in Wisconsin last August. Judge Bruce Schroeder rejected the request from Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger to increase Rittenhouse’s $2 million…
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