The family of a man fatally shot by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier this month is demanding that the officer be fired and prosecuted.
As officials investigate the deadly police encounter, protests have continued after Patrick Lyoya was shot in the head during a traffic stop.in Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier this month is demanding that the officer be fired and prosecuted.
“As a parent, I was thinking maybe it was my son who was going to bury me, he will assist at my funeral, but what is so astonishing, I am the one burying my son,” Dorcas Lyoya said through the help of a translator.A monitor displays an image of Patrick Lyoya from police bodycam video during an encounter with a Grand Rapids police officer, during a press conference on April 13, 2022, at Grand Rapids City Hall. Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed about 8:10 a.m.
While many residents have expressed shock over the incident, Cle Jackson, the president of the Grand Rapids NAACP, says it was a matter of time before such an incident happened.Dorcas Lyoya, the mother of Patrick Lyoya cries during a press conference held in response to videos showing her son's killing, in Grand Rapids, Mich, April 14, 2021. The 26-year old Black man was shot and killed by a white Grand Rapids police officer following a traffic stop.
The Grand Rapids Police Officers Association did not immediately respond Thursday to ABC News' request for comment regarding calls for the officer to be fired.Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom speaks at a press conference where video footage was released of the police shooting of Patrick Lyoya, on April 13, 2022 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Lyoya, a 26-year old Black man, was shot and killed on April 4, 2022 by a Grand Rapids police officer following a traffic stop.
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