Last week police in Grand Rapids, Michigan shot and killed a young Black man named Patrick Lyoya - a Congolese immigrant and father of 2 young girls.
Both the family and a local county commissioner who saw the body camera footage have said that police put a gun to the back of Patrick's head and shot and killed him execution style. I believe them.
Of course, police and prosecutors are stalling by refusing to release the footage, refusing to name the officer, and giving that officer and others time to scrub their social media history, and get their lies together. It's despicable.
I think this is going to be a case that is going to shake the nation.
Ep. 595 - Grand Rapids Police brutally executed a young Black man named Patrick Lyoya.
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Ep. 595 - Grand Rapids Police brutally executed a young Black man named Patrick Lyoya.