Unarmed Black Man Patrick Lyoya Fatally Shot By Michigan Police

Grand Rapids police fatally shot an unarmed Black man named Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head during a traffic stop that happened earlier this month. The police officer tried to tase Lyoya twice during a brief physical fight before being held down on the ground before firing the fatal shot. Ana Kasparian and Dr. Rashad Richey discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

Read more HERE:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/patrick-lyoya-shooting-michigan-video-b2057616.html

"Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan have released several videos showing the moment Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in the back of the head by a white police officer during a traffic stop earlier this month.

On 13 April, the department released roughly 20 minutes of footage stitching together images from the officer’s police cruiser dashboard camera, the officer’s body-worn camera, surveillance camera footage from a nearby home, and phone video captured by a person riding in a car with Lyoya.

The footage captured the officer – who has not been named – struggling to arrest Lyoya before holding him to the ground, deploying his taser twice and then fatally shooting him.

The city’s new police chief, Eric Winstrom, cited a need for transparency in explaining his decision to make the videos public. “I view it as a tragedy. ... It was a progression of sadness for me,” he said.

After the release of the footage, hundreds of people gathered outside the Grand Rapids Police Department to protest America’s latest shooting of an unarmed Black person at the hands of law enforcement. Businesses in the area boarded up in anticipation of unrest as City Manager Mark Washington warned that the videos would lead to “expressions of shock, of anger and of pain”."

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