April 13, 2022, 9:05 PM– A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4 incident released Wednesday.
“I view it as a tragedy. ... It was a progression of sadness for me,” said Winstrom, a former high-ranking Chicago police commander who became Grand Rapids chief in March. The city of about 200,000 people is about 150 miles northwest of Detroit.Video shows Lyoya running from the officer who stopped him for driving with a license plate that didn't belong to the vehicle. They struggled in front of several homes while Lyoya's passenger got out and watched.
State police are investigating the shooting. Kent County’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Stephen Cohle, said he completed the autopsy but toxicology tests haven’t been finished. “Me being from Chicago for the last 20 years, I’ve handled many police shootings myself, so I do have a lot of experience in this,” the chief said."I was hoping to never have to utilize that experience here.”
“He arrived in the United States as a refugee with his family fleeing violence. He had his whole life ahead of him,” Whitmer, a Democrat, said. before a City Commission meeting Tuesday night, chanting “Black lives matter” and “No justice, no peace.”On Wednesday, several hundred protesters gathered outside the Grand Rapids Police Department following the release of the videos, with some cursing and shouting from behind barricades. The group demanded that officials make public the name of the officer in the shooting.
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Black man fatally shot after fleeing traffick stop, fighting with officer, stealing his taser. There, fixed the headline for you.
I think I have heard this before. 'Confused by the encounter and terrified for his life'. Really? Terrified to see a police officer asking for his driver license?
Your headline leaves out critical information.
While he had the officer’s taser….relevant detail
That's all that happened? He just knelt on him and shot him? Nothing else happened prioto that? No resisting, nothing? Oh I get it...the resisting part doesn't fit the narrative.
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