Posted on 04/13/2022 7:54:20 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — 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.
Patrick Lyoya, 26, was killed outside a house in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The white officer repeatedly ordered Lyoya to “let go” of his Taser, at one point demanding: “Drop the Taser!”
Citing a need for transparency, the city’s new police chief, Eric Winstrom, released four videos, including critical footage of the shooting recorded by a passenger in Lyoya’s car on that rainy morning.
“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 (240 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.
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The narrative is set in the first sentence.
The video shows the suspect was uncooperative, he ran, and then fought with the officer.
cue “not this sh!t again” meme
There’s an election coming-up, the summer of love is back just in time.
The guy was from Congo. The fight with the cop lasted 90 seconds, you start wearing out, and the scrote had taken his taser away from him.
Welcome to America idiot.
“Patrick Lyoya done got his wings.”
Do you get your wings resisting arrest?
So what. White guys get shot by the cops too.
Deal with it.
Indeed.
“Knelt” on him? Hardly, but there’s the magic word invoking George Floyd.
Dems must need some more money from BLM.
That is the narrative that has already been set in stone, and will spread like wildfire tomorrow.
Yep and if I said what I was thinking, I would not only be banned, I would probably go to jail.
After all this is 2022
Andy Ngo is monitoring antifa and other left wing accounts on Twitter. They are calling for violence and looking to increase their bail fund accounts in Michigan...
The future of race relations in America is putting out fires.
Yeah. “Execution” is gonna get tossed around. All because another meathead couldn’t follow simple instructions.
Local news is just as corrupt as national media.
If that cop was smart, he would vanish in the middle of the night to a non-extradition country, using his fake passport that every cop should -already- have.
Sooo, I guess I am supposed to pretend both Michigan and China Joe haven’t earned the ridiculously predictable, impending melee. If it wasn’t so dangerous, it would just be incredibly boring at this point.
“The video clearly shows that this was an unnecessary, excessive, and fatal use of force against an unarmed Black man who was confused by the encounter and terrified for his life,” Crump said in a release.
Terrified for his life at a traffic stop? Maybe he should have moved back to the Congo.
I didn’t see the video, so my remarks are speculative. If a perp gets ahold of the officer’s taser, he can tase the officer, take his gun and kill him.
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