One year ago this month, Patrick Lyoya, a Congolese immigrant, was fatally shot in the back of the head by a white Grand Rapids police officer. 

It’s yet another instance of a officer using deadly force against a Black individual. Yet another reason to continue the conversation around training, racial bias, and accountability in our police departments. 

Today, one year after that tragedy, we ask what Grand Rapids’ policing looks like, what change has happened, and what one advocate turned city leader wants next.

GUESTS:

• Eric Winstrom, Chief of Police, Grand Rapids Police Department 
• Kelsey Perdue, Grand Rapids Third Ward Commissioner 

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