Rev. Al Sharpton calls for more transparency in the investigation of a police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier this month—and asked lawmakers to pass meaningful legislation to address policing reforms.
A funeral was held Friday for Michigan resident Patrick Lyoya, who was shot by a police officer in early April.The Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday called for more transparency in the investigation of a police officer who fatally shot a Black man in Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier this month, and asked lawmakers to pass meaningful legislation to address policing reforms., a Congo native who was killed after a struggle with police on April 4.
"How dare you hold the name of a man who killed this man?" Sharpton said at the funeral for Lyoya, held at the packed Renaissance Church of God in Christ in Grand Rapids."Every time a young Black man or woman is arrested in this town, you put their name all over the news. Every time we're suspected of something, you put our name out there.
Cle Jackson, the president of the Grand Rapids NAACP, and Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the Lyoya family, joined Sharpton in calling for justice. “We have to stand up united for justice because Patrick Lyoya’s life matters and we will scream if from the mountain tops in the court of law, in the court of public opinion,” Crump said at the funeral service.
Sharpton also called for political action, asking lawmakers to pass the George Floyd in Policing Act and for voters to think about these issues as they go the polls.
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