Who’s racist? The only jury holdout in the trial of White Officer Christopher Schurr was the sole bLACK

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
thursday, may 22, 2025 at 11:25:00 p.m. edt

Who’s racist? The only jury holdout in the Schurr trial was the sole bLACK

“grand rapids, mich. (wood) — a member of the jury that couldn’t reach a verdict in the Christopher Schurr murder trial said race never came up in the deliberations, that Schurr helped himself by taking the stand and that there was one main holdout that kept the former officer from being acquitted.

“that holdout, he told target 8 in an exchange of emails, was the jury foreperson — the only black jury member on the 12-person jury. Schurr’s defense team confirmed that.

“the jury could not reach a verdict after four days and 21 hours of deliberations, leading to a mistrial. prosecutor Chris Becker on thursday announced he would not retry the case that has divided the community.

“Becker has said the jury voted 10-2 in favor of acquittal. the defense attorney said it was 11-1 for acquittal.

“in an exchange of emails with target 8, a member of the jury wrote that the foreperson [foreman] ‘claimed there was no way that they [he] could see Schurr actually fearing for his life’ as he and Patrick Lyoya struggled over the officer’s taser.

“Schurr, who is White, encountered Lyoya, who is black, during a traffic stop in April 2022.

“the juror, one of three men on the jury, said it wouldn’t have made sense to retry Schurr, as ‘they are going to have a real tough time finding 12 people who would unanimously vote guilty in Kent County based on majority demographics alone.

“the 12-member jury was made up of nine women and three men. ten were White, one hispanic and one, the foreperson, was black.

GRA: How in hell did the black get to be foreperson?

--GRA