🔗: https://l.mlive.com/wtnfuc Scenes from a rally and march held by Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression in support of the family of the late Patrick Lyoya on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at the Kent County Courthouse in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, was killed in early April of 2022 by former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, who shot him in the back of the head after a struggle during a traffic stop. Schurr, who was fir

🔗: https://l.mlive.com/7h3xvk In 1950, Michigan was basking in its reputation as an industrial powerhouse. Detroit factories – retooled to mass-produce aircraft, tanks and other war materials during World War II – helped defeat Hitler and save democracy. As American car culture took hold in the post-war boom, Detroit automakers were as critical to reshaping society as Silicon Valley became a half-century later. Much has changed in the past 75 years. | The Grand Rapids Press