
State agency asks for federal investigation into Grand Rapids Police Department
CNN
Michigan state officials have asked the US Department of Justice to launch a "pattern-or-practice" investigation into the Grand Rapids Police Department after an officer there fatally shot a man during a physical struggle following a traffic stop.
An officer from the Grand Rapids department shot 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya on April 4 after pulling him over for an allegedly unregistered license plate. After Lyoya appeared to begin to move away from the officer, the officer chased Lyoya, and the two ended up physically struggling on the ground, where the officer shot Lyoya. He wasn't armed at the time of the shooting, according to a family attorney. The officer who shot Lyoya is heard saying "let go of the Taser" before firing the fatal shot.

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