A Michigan court is set to hear arguments in the case of a white former police officer who is charged with shooting a black motorist last year.

<div class="block">A Michigan court is set to hear arguments in the case of a white former police officer who is charged with shooting a black motorist last year.</div>

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Court Hearing of Officer Who Killed Black Motorist in Michigan

A Michigan court is set to hear arguments today in the case of former police officer Christopher Shore, he's charged with shooting a black motorist last year. She's legal team is trying to have the charge thrown out saying lower courts wrongly applied the law to the circumstances. The death of Patrick Leola. The team said this quote, officers reasonably believed a felony had occurred and reasonably believed that Leo had committed that felony justifying his use of deadly force to prevent lio from fleeing from arrest. The victim was shot in the back of the head after a traffic stop turned into a foot chase and then a struggle.