Prosecutor says Michigan police officer who killed Black motorist won't face a second trial
The decision by prosecutor Chris Becker is certain to anger civil rights activists and the family of Patrick Lyoya, the 26-year-old Congolese immigrant whose death in the front yard of a Grand Rapids home was recorded on video and played repeatedly at trial.
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