Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese-born native, was shot in the back of the head by a white officer while sniffing a piece of grass on April 4 during a Taser Officer race in Grand Rapids. . Lyoya’s bereaved parents, Peter and Dorcas Lyoya, who took their six children from the Congo to escape unrest in 2014, demanded that the police officer be located, prosecuted and terminated during an emotional press conference on Thursday. the Washington Post reported. “My life is coming to an end,” Peter Lyoya said through an interpreter. “My life was Patrick, my son. I thought Patrick would take my place. “And to see that my son was killed like an animal by this policeman, and to see this video they showed, I see that I have no life.” Peter Lyoya says his life came to an end after the death of his son, Patrick. Grand Rapids Police Department / ADorcas Lyoya said before immigrating to America, she could not believe that “there can be an execution style” in the country. Cory Morse / The Grand Rapids Press via AP Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom released four videos of the fatal encounter that began when Lioya, who was unarmed, stopped because he was driving a car with a license plate that did not match the vehicle. A video showed Lyoya getting out of the car, ignoring the officer’s orders and trying to escape. He then tried to grab the policeman’s stun gun during a fight that lasted about 90 seconds before he was shot after the policeman ordered him to “throw the Taser”, the shots show. The unidentified officer, a seven-year veteran of the department, has been released on pay as state investigators investigate the shooting. Prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump joined Lyoya’s family on Thursday, saying the video clearly showed the officer appeared “unnecessary”. [and] excessive use of force during the conflict. “Both his mother and father and their family are asking the state prosecutor to accuse him throughout the law of killing their son, of breaking their hearts, of orphaning their young children.” Crump told reporters Thursday. “Equal justice demands it.” Hundreds of protesters marched on Grand Rapids police station after police released footage of a deadly car crash on Wednesday. Protesters chanted “Blacks’s lives matter” and “Name the killer policeman” during the peaceful but sharp rally, the Washington Post reported. Patrick Lyoya was unarmed when he was stopped for driving a car with a license plate that did not match the vehicle. Police Chief Scott Olson / Getty ImagesGrand Rapids Eric Winstrom posted four videos of the deadly meeting. AP / Grand Rapids Police Department Peter said his son was “killed like an animal.” Bill Pugliano / Getty Images Dorcas Loya, meanwhile, said she believed her family could finally rest after the war and persecution in Africa when she arrived in the United States eight years ago, according to the Detroit Free Press. “We were told that in America, there is peace, there is security, you are not going to see killings anymore, that it was basically a safe haven,” she said through a translator. The parents, mourning the loss of their eldest son and father of two, turned their attention to the anonymous officer who shot him, saying he was “supposedly protecting” Patrick. The death of Patrick Liogia sparked many protests against police brutality. Daniel Solar / The Grand Rapids Press via AP Liogia said the police officer who killed their son “was supposed to protect him”. REUTERS / Rebecca Cook The Lyoyas plan to sue for fatal shooting.REUTERS / Rebecca Cook “I did not believe there was genocide in this country,” said Peter Lyoya. “I did not know that here in America, execution can be done in a way… to be killed by a police officer.” The Lyoyas said Thursday they were planning to sue for the deadly shooting, most likely in federal court, according to the Washington Post.
