(2022-04-14). Video released of Patrick Lyoya's brutal murder by Michigan police. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – On Wednesday, April 13, the Grand Rapids Police Department released four videos of Patrick Lyoya's murder at the hands of a GRPD officer, who they still refuse to name. Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, was a Congolese refugee, and a father to two daughters. | The videos show perspectives from the officer's body cam, the dashcam of the police car, mobile phone video from a passenger in Lyoya's vehicle, and security cameras from neighborhood residents. They all corroborate the Lyoya family's account of the killing, showing Lyoya face-down on the ground with the officer holding him down, endin…
(2022-04-14). Protesters pack Grand Rapids commissioner meeting over death of Patrick Lyoya. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – A crowd of hundreds marched to the Grand Rapids City Commissioners meeting, April 12, to demand both the release of the raw video showing the murder of Patrick Lyoya and the arrest of the still-unnamed killer cop. Lyoya was a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant executed by the Grand Rapids Police Department last week. In the days after his death, citywide mourning and protests against the police have increased and are expected to surge after the release of the video this Wednesday. | The police department has continued to stall the footage, while the city insists it is acting in full transparency.
(2022-04-13). Buffalo police officers who assaulted 75-year-old during 2020 George Floyd protest reinstated. wsws.org An arbitrator picked by the city of Buffalo and the police union cleared the two police officers who violently attacked Martin Gugino in June 2020, pushing him to the ground, cracking his skull and causing brain damage.