When something like the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya happens it’s easy to question what city officials have been doing - if anything - to prevent this kind of tragedy. As you might imagine, the answer is, it’s complicated.

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Brandon Davis has been working as the first director of the office of Oversight and Public Accountability for the city of Grand Rapids

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