Dozens of protesters rallied Wednesday night in the northern U.S. city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, following the release of a video showing a white police officer killing a young African American.
One of the four videos released from the incident, which took place on April 4, shows a police officer lying on the back of 26-year-old Patrick Liogia and then shooting him, apparently, in the head.
The videos that were made public were taken by the camera that the patrol car has, by the one that the police officer had on him and by a security camera that was placed by a neighbor.
@TalbertSwan Michigan cop executing black man. Shot back of the head.pic.twitter.com/dZAa7JwdhB
– Hit The Follow Button (@SeanTribalchief) April 13, 2022
This shows Liogia getting out of his car, after the police stopped him for a check, and asking “what did I do?” while the policeman persistently asks for his diploma and asks him to return to his vehicle.
Michigan Police Videos Confirm Cop Executed Patrick Lyoya: Video footage has finally been released in the recent police shooting of an unarmed Black motorist in Michigan and confirms the officer shot him in the back of his head following a brief struggle… https: // t. co / 5BRPTjfoen pic.twitter.com/WI9IGXR4Mt
– Marcus Evans @ ⚛️ 🔭 ⚖️ 💙 🏅 @ (@MarcuswevansSr) April 13, 2022
Liogia seems to be obeying the orders of the policeman, but then closes the driver’s door and tries to leave the spot, resisting the policemen who were trying to handcuff him.
After a brief chase, Lioya and the policeman fall to the grass and appear to be fighting as the African-American tries to snatch the policeman’s teaser.
Tasers do not kill you I have own teasers for yrs it’s on video that Michigan cop was embarrassed bc he was overpowered by another man so he wanted to show what badass he is by shooting another human being you can tell by the look on the cops face he was on a Power trip pic.twitter.com/gj46WeSh5p
– Chris Spears (@ ChrisSp36765121) April 14, 2022
Dozens of people gathered yesterday in downtown Grand Rapids, a city in Michigan with about 200,000 inhabitants. Protesters held banners reading “Black lives count” and shouted “no justice, no peace”.
“I consider it a tragedy,” local police chief Eric Windstorm told a news conference yesterday in which the videos were released.
“The loss of a human life, regardless of circumstances, is something sad and I know it will have consequences for our city,” he added.
The police officer involved in the incident, whose name has not been revealed, has been made available, while the police of his state Michigan is investigating the incident, Windstorm pointed out.
“Another black man has died at the hands of the police and the police officer in this video must be held accountable,” the National Association for the Promotion of Colors (NAACP) said in a statement.
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