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Grand Rapids Prosecution of White Cop who shot Violent Black Felon During Taser Struggle Deadlocks, Judge Asks Jury to Keep Deliberating

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Christopher Schurr was a Grand Rapids Police Officer who got into a fight with Patrick Lyoya in the early morning of on April 4, 2022. During the struggle, Lyoya fought Schurr for control of Officer Schurr’s Taser and was fatally shot by the Officer during the scuffle.

The jury, deliberating on the trial today, have reported to the judge that they are deadlocked in the case. The judge has asked them to continue deliberating.

Officer Schurr originally stopped the car driven by Lyoya because the license plate did not match the make and model of the vehicle. The case has become a media sensation because the victim, Lyoya, was a black immigrant, and the law enforcement Officer Schurr, is white.

At the time of his death, Lyoya’s driver’s license had been revoked and there was an active arrest warrant for him for a domestic violence case, details his family and supporters call “irrelevant.”

The local chapter of the NAACP agrees, Cle Jackson, President of the Greater Grand Rapids NAACP said, “Whatever he had, warrants, past run-ins with the law, it has no bearing on what happened in this case.”

Officer Schurr was charged in June 2022. The jury in his criminal case, chosen at random, is made up of 10 women and 4 men. 10 of the jurors are white, 3 are latino, and 1 is black. 1 juror is an immigrant.

It’s undisputed that Lyoya ran from and fought with the police. The main argument by defenders of the deceased is to complain that the fatal shot was to the back of the head. Their logic is that by shooting him in the back of the head, he was no longer resisting.

“He shot him in the back of the head … When you put a gun in somebody’s back of the head, there’s an intent to kill there,” Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker told the jury. The prosecutor has alleged that even though Lyoya was fighting for the Taser, that the fight was not worth the use of deadly force because Tasers are not lethal and did not pose a ‘dire threat’ to the officer and that there was ‘no evidence that Lyoya intended to harm’ Officer Schurr.

Tasers are lethal and have been connected to a significant number of deaths.

Officer Schurr claims he acted in self-defense.

The political left has a long history of trying to defend obviously guilty black criminals against white law enforcement officers, by creatively cherry-picking facts and using narrative framing to racialize common police encounters. In this way, the media and activists lied for years about the 2012 Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford, Florida where activists lied about the background of Martin and the fight he started with George Zimmerman resulting in Zimmerman’s bloody head injuries. Similarly, the 2014 Mike Brown shooting in St. Louis was defined by lies about Brown saying “Hands up, Don’t Shoot!” which was not true. Radical left activists and judges were able to jail the McMichaels family in Georgia on both state and federal charges after the 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery despite video evidence showing Arbery grabbing a shotgun and starting the fight that ended with his death. The 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off riots across the country that resulted in an estimated $1-2 billion in damages, after activists claimed Floyd was suffocated by Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee to the back of his neck, even though Floyd had injested a fatal dose of Fentanyl and asked to be laid on the ground prior to Chauvin’s knee being put on Floyd’s shoulderblade. Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison, and 22 1/2 years in state prison.

Left-wing activists have been busy building a narrative of perceived injustice against law enforcement based on these incidents that later prove to be factually flawed.

Surveys show that police recruitment is down 10% nationwide, and 70% of jurisdictions report significant trouble recruiting officers, the effect, many claim, to the left-wing racialization of law enforcement.

Bodycam footage of the shooting has been available and makes clear that:

  • Lyoya resisted arrest
  • Lyoya ran from Officer Schurr
  • Lyoya fought with Officer Schurr
  • Lyoya ignored commands to ‘stop’

The bodycam deactivated prior to the final, fatal, shot fired by Schurr at Lyoya and restarted when emergency medical technicians were trying to revive Lyoya.

The decision to try Officer Schurr for second-degree murder, though the juror can consider a charge of voluntary manslaughter. The two crimes, under Michigan law, can carry penalties of life imprisonment, or, in the case of manslaughter, up to 15 years in a state prison.

Demonstrators outside the courthouse have already gotten physical today.

Every officer called to the stand has said that Schurr’s actions were reasonable.

Schurr’s police captain Chad McKersie testified and said, “We don’t have to wait for someone to hurt us to do something.” 

The media is trying to set the stage for another race hoax and city riots by stoking racial anger about the case.

Lyoya’s family is also suing Schurr for $100 million in a related civil case.

Judge Christina Mims

Judge Christina Mims has ignored the law to allow what state right-leaning blogs call “the rabid cop-hating prosecutor”, Chris Becker, to run a “circus.”

Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker

The judge has allowed hostile and aggressive questioning from the prosecution. The judge has also oddly allowed questions from the jurors to witnesses, but would block questions favorable to the defense. Observers also say that the judge has blocked every motion favorable to the defense of Officer Schurr.

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Black Lives Matter Activist in Boston Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges – Scammed Donors to Fund Her Lifestyle

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Boston named Monica Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to federal charges this week, admitting that she scammed donors and used their money to fund her own lavish lifestyle.

Cannon-Grant was previously held up as an admired figure. The city of Boston named her the Bostonian of the year at one point for her ‘social justice activism’ and she was even recognized by the Boston Celtics basketball team for her efforts.

She is now facing a minimum of two years in prison.

The New York Post reports:

BLM-linked activist admits conning donors to fund her lavish lifestyle

A once-celebrated Boston social activist has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors — including Black Lives Matter — out of thousands of dollars that she used as a personal piggy bank.

Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to 18 counts of fraud-related crimes that she committed with her late husband while operating their Violence in Boston (VIB) activists group, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.

The activist scammed money — including $3,000 from a BLM group — while claiming it was to help feed children and run protests like one in 2020 over the murder of George Floyd and police violence.

Cannon-Grant also conned her way into getting $100,000 in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits — which she used to pay off her personal auto loan and car insurance policy.

But she has now confessed to transferring funds to personal bank accounts to pay for rent, shopping sprees, delivery meals, visits to a nail salon — and even a summer vacation to Maryland.

Just amazing.

Here’s a local video report:

She should pay back every penny.

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Keith Olbermann Backpedals Furiously With Apology for Threatening CNN’s Scott Jennings – Jennings Responds (VIDEO)

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As the Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, former MSNBC host and generally unhinged leftist Keith Olbermann, appeared to threaten CNN’s conservative pundit Scott Jennings on Twitter saying, ‘You’re next motherf**ker.’

Well, Olbermann may have gotten a phone call or a visit from the FBI because today he walked back those comments with a full-throated apology.

RedState has an update:

To quickly recap, Scott Jennings, a Salem Media Network radio host and conservative CNN political commentator, reacted to breaking news on Monday that Kimmel had been reinstated by tweeting, “So basically his employer suspended him for being an insensitive pr**k, and we don’t live in an authoritarian regime? Got it.”

This enraged Olbermann, who proceeded to tweet what many, including Jennings, perceived to be a threat. “You’re next, motherf**ker. But keep mugging to the camera.” Jennings tagged Patel and included a screengrab of the tweets in response.

Though the FBI hasn’t commented as to whether an investigation was launched, Olbermann ostensibly appears to have thought twice about what he tweeted and deleted, apologizing profusely in tweets posted on Tuesday and claiming what he wrote was “misinterpreted”:

See Olbermann’s tweet below:

Scott Jennings, always a class act, offered this hilarious response:

Keith Olbermann really needs help. The guy is just so out of control.

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Where is Lance Twiggs? Kirk Assassin’s Transgender Lover Has Vanished

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Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and roommate Lance Twiggs

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner – a male-to-female trans named Lance “Luna” Twiggs.

The FBI used Robinson’s texts with his transgender partner to solidify that Robinson was the assassin. Lance Twiggs has not been charged with any crime; however, federal authorities are still investigating.

Last week, Utah authorities released the text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, sent shortly after Kirk’s assassination.

Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announced seven charges against Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. They will also be seeking the death penalty.

Robinson was charged with:

– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness temperating for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child

Jeff Gray released the chilling texts between Tyler Robinson and his “love” Lance Twiggs.

Read the text exchange here:

Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 1
Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 2

Lance Twiggs was reportedly cooperating with the FBI, however, according to the Daily Mail he has seemingly vanished.

“If [Lance Twiggs] ever comes back, it will be in a body bag,” a neighbor said to the Daily Mail. “That’s not a threat – I’m just saying that there are so many people who want a piece of him he’d be mad to show his face in public again. This was a generational event.”

The Daily Mail reported:

The Trans boyfriend of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin has fled their former lovenest – and locals tell the Daily Mail they never want to see him again.

Lance Twiggs, 22, was led away for questioning when police swooped on the smart three-bed condo he shared with accused gunman Tyler Robinson, 22.

Shaken neighbors say the part time plumber has not been back to the $320,000 property in St. George, Utah – one declaring: ‘Good riddance. I never want to see either of them again.’

His beaten-up Infinity compact is still parked in his space with his work gear tossed across the back seat and a sandwich wrapper and a drink on the front passenger seat.

Upstairs lights have been left on for more than a week and notes and Amazon packages are piling up outside the home owned by Twiggs’s devout Mormon family.

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