By Grand Rapids Anonymous
wednesday, april 30, 2025 at 5:24:00 p.m. edt
Prosecution rests in Schurr case; defense asks for mistrial (denied), then calls a grand rapids police captain to testify that Schurr followed local rules in defending himself against Lyoya
GRA: The mistrial attempt revolved around a prosecution witness, whom the defense said was NOT an expert in the field he was questioned about. The negress judge ruled against that motion (of course).
The defense called a few grand rapids police officers to the stand, and a captain contradicted prosecution “experts,” saying, “Officer Schurr followed grpd rules in the situation with Lyoya” and that he “would have done the same things (Schurr) did after the traffic stop.”
A total of 40 defense witnesses are expected to be called before the trial wraps up by monday.
--GRA
By Grand Rapids Anonymous
wednesday, april 30, 2025 at 6:11:00 p.m. edt
The negress judge is Christina Mims. She discarded the motion for a mistrial because, “I don’t believe that mr. Lyoya was in any position to use the taser he had his hands on.”
“The gr police department appeared to be in agreement with Schurr’s decision to use his weapon on Lyoya.
Is it enough?
Also, Schurr’s lawyer now says he is, “considering placing his client on the stand.”
A couple weeks ago he said he definitely would. Does Schurr’s lawyer feel like he’s winning, so he has no need to do so?
--GRA
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DAY 4:MORE DEFENSE WITNESSES,A TOTAL OF EIGHT SO FAR. "SCHURR WAS GETTING EXHAUSTED."
(wzzmtv)Officer Christopher Schurr’s prolonged struggle with Patrick Lyoya – the length of the fight, was “a very big deal,’’ Grand Rapids Police Capt. Chad McKersie says under questioning from attorney Mark Dodge.
“Based on your review of the video, no hindsight, was officer Schurr reasonable to resort to deadly force in this situation?’’ Dodge asks.
“Yes,’’ McKersie responds. “I believe in my opinion he was in fear that this device was going to be used against him. He’s already exhausted at that moment.’’
He adds: “At that time, the suspect in this incident had complete control of the Taser and had switched it from his left hand to his right hand.’’
--GRA
DAY 5:CHRISTOPHER SCHURR TESTIFIES--SAYS,"I DIDN'T KNOW A SECOND TASER SHOT HAD GONE OFF...I WAS GETTING EXHAUSTED...I WASN'T AIMING AT HIS HEAD WHEN I FIRED...AFRAID IF I DIDN'T RESPOND,I WOULDN'T BE GOING HOME THAT NIGHT."
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Former Grand Rapids Police Department Officer Christopher Schurr testified Friday that he feared for his life when he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head during a struggle.
He took the witness stand in his second-degree murder trial in Kent County Circuit Court, more than three years after the shooting.
“I feel like it’s important to get my side of the story out,” he said when his attorney asked why he testified.
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Updates from Day 5 of trial: Schurr takes the stand
He testified for three hours, taking a deep breath as his attorneys showed a video of the shooting and at one point appearing to choke up. Nobody else could testify about his state of mind that day; the fear he said he felt as he and Lyoya fought over his Taser.
“If I had waited for him to point it at me, it would have been too late,” Schurr testified about the fight over the Taser.
When asked what he was afraid of, he said: “That he was going to use it on me and I was going to die.”
“So,” his defense attorney asked, “what did you do next?”
“I shot him,” he said. “I believe that if I hadn’t done it at that time, I wasn’t going to go home.”
Schurr was 31 when the shooting happened and is now 34. He said he married his high school sweetheart about 10 years ago.
He said on a cold, rainy morning on April 4, 2022, he spotted a slow-moving Nissan on the city’s Southeast Side that made an abrupt turn. He said he couldn’t see who was inside and never identified the driver. He ran the plate and found it was invalid, he said, leading him to pull over the car and approach the driver, Lyoya, who had already gotten out.
“He proceeds to run away from me,” he testified.
That led to a 2.5-minute tussle starting in the street and leading to front yards.
Lyoya pushed him away, he said — committing a felony for resisting and assaulting a police officer.
Schurr said there’s no department policy against foot pursuits. He told the jury he had been involved in 100 or so foot chases in his seven-year career in Grand Rapids and as many as 40 on his own, but had never fired his gun on duty.
“I was just trying to arrest him,” he said.
The struggle, he said, quickly exhausted him.
“I’m wondering why he’s fighting so hard,” he said.
“One of the main reasons I brought the Taser into it is because I had no energy left to begin with, and then get into a struggle over it for I don’t know how long, and I’m running on fumes.”
Witness in murder trial: Schurr created jeopardy that led to shooting of Lyoya
He said he recalled firing the Taser once as Lyoya grabbed for it. The shot failed.
“At this point, I’m afraid he’s going to get the Taser from me and use it on me.”
He said he never noticed that the Taser had fired a second time.
As he straddled Lyoya, he said, Lyoya got control of his Taser in his right hand.
“At some point I started feeling him turning towards me, and I feared he was going to use it on me,” he testified.
Under cross-examination, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker suggested Lyoya never tried to hurt Schurr — that he never struck the officer and never threatened him.
“You’re not saying he did anything else but try to get away?” Becker asked him
“I wouldn’t use that blanket statement,” Schurr responded.
“He grabbed your Taser, he moved it away from him because he didn’t want to be Tased, right?” Becker asked.
“I don’t know what his intention was,” Schurr answered.
Schurr testified that he wasn't aiming for Lyoya's head when firing his weapon.
GRA:More testimony on Monday. Schurr saying he was unaware of the 2nd taser shot being fired changes everything about the case,because the officer assumed it was still a fully functional device--and why he didn't want Lyoya to get control of it.
--GRA
jerry pdx
Sean Fitzgerald aka Actual Justice Warrior posted his take on the case in 2022, title of his video is: "Media caught lying about Patrick Lyoya"
Media lying? Who'd a thunk it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiJTMKjL0_k
That should be one word--connected,like popedead--medialying.
--GRA
I think it was deadpope,actually,one or the other.
--GRA
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