GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Protesters marched in downtown Grand Rapids shouting and occasionally blocking traffic on Friday night, demanding accountability for the deadly police shooting at Patrick Liogia. “Unless we all come together as people who love other people and human beings, what happened to Patrick in Grand Rapids will happen to someone in another city,” a protester named Dennis Boatright told Fox News. “Ordinary people should go out and call our society responsible for racist views,” Boatright said.
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Many concentrations have been held in the center of Grand Rapids after the deadly shot of Lyky by a policeman on April 4th. Protesters occasionally blocked traffic as they passed downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan (Fox News Digital / Lisa Bennatan) MICHIGAN OFFICER WHO SHOOTED AND KILLED PATRICK LIOIA SHOULD PROSECUTE PROSECUTED, LAWYER BEN CRAB SAYS The Grand Rapids officer pulled Lyoya because his license plate did not match his car, according to police. Liogia got out of the car and started leaving the spot during the exchange, according to a video released by the city police department on Wednesday. Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was shot and killed by a police officer on April 4. (Grand Rapids Police Station) After a brief chase, the policeman grabbed Lyoya and the two of them fought for about two and a half minutes, eventually fighting for the policeman’s Taser. The officer shot Liogia once in the head, killing him, according to Grand Rapids police. After fighting over a Taser, the officer pulled out his pistol and shot Patrick Lyoya once in the head. (Grand Rapids Police Station) “We want equal justice. We want the police to be held accountable,” a protester named Angie told Fox News as she marched downtown. Boatwright said “the officer who killed Patrick should be charged.” A protester holds a sign reading “This is an execution” outside a blocked Grand Rapids police station (Fox News Digital / Lisa Bennatan) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION A protester named Jackie said she wanted “justice for Patrick” and “more police training”. “There should be social workers. They should take racism classes,” Jackie continued. A new protest is expected on Saturday afternoon.
