Michigan policeman charged with murder in shooting of Black man

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WASHINGTON, June 10 — A Michigan police officer who shot a Black man during a struggle following a traffic stop was charged with murder on Thursday.Christopher Schurr, a white Grand Rapids police officer, faces a single count of second-degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, prosecutor Christopher Becker said.“We have a duty to enforce the law, be it on the police or the public,” Becker, the Kent County prosecuting attorney, told reporters.Patrick Lyoya, 26, was killed during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids on April 4.Police released four videos from the incident, one of which shows Schurr lying on top of Lyoya as the two scuffled, and then appearing to shoot him in the head.Prior to the shooting, the men appeared to be wrestling on the ground for control of the officer’s taser.The shooting sparked protests in Grand Rapids, a city of around 200,000 pe…