A new case of police brutality in Eunited states has once again unleashed the fury of the ‘Black Lives Matter‘. Police of Michigan has released the video of how one of its agents ends up killing an African-American man with a shot to the neck after an argument in a residential neighborhood in southeastern Grand Rapids.
Is about Patrick Lyoya26, and his case has once again sparked protests and demonstrations like George Floyd did.
As seen in the published videos, it all started after the Police stopped Lyoya for a traffic violation (the license plate of the vehicle he was driving did not correspond to the one registered). request the documentation and the papers of the car and the African American does not respond. They struggle, he tries to run away, he chases him and even the policeman tries to use the taser to immobilize him.
Once on the ground fatality occurs. The policeman is on top of the detainee, who is face down, and the head shot that ended his life. The agent asks for reinforcements, but nothing can be done for his life. Lyoya arrived in the United States in 2014 with her family fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The event occurred around eight in the morning on April 4, but the Police have now made the images public. Of course, the name of the agent who ended Lyoya’s life is still unknown. It is only known that he was put in a paid administrative leaveafter what happened and that he has not been charged with any charges.
The event is being investigated by the state police, which upon completion of their investigations will transfer them to the prosecutionwhich is the one that will determine if there are charges.
“The video clearly shows that it was a fatal, excessive and unnecessary use of force against a unarmed black man that he was confused by the encounter (with the agent) and terrified for his life, “Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who represented the family of George Floyd and who has also assumed the representation of Lyoya’s family, said in a statement.
After the videos were made public, outrage has been unleashed in Michigan. Dozens of people have taken to the streets of Grand Rapids with banners reading ‘Black Lives Matter‘ (‘Black Lives Matter’) and chanting slogans such as ‘no justice, no peace’.
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