GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Above the noise of protesters chanting and passing cars honking in support, Michael Sterling Sr. choked back tears talking about his son. Sterling’s son, Samuel, was struck and killed last year by a Michigan State Police trooper vehicle that was pursuing him.

Following the decision to not retry former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr on a murder charge, city leaders are calling for peaceful reactions to the news.

A Michigan police officer who fatally shot a Black man in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop will not face a second trial.

The decision comes two weeks after a jury could not reach a verdict in the case ​after deliberating for more than 20 hours over several days

The father of Patrick Lyoya, whose son, Patrick, 26, was killed three years ago after a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, said his son deserves justice.

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case against Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, after the jury was unable to reach a verdict.