Patrick Loya, 26, stopped earlier this month for driving with a license plate that did not match the vehicle when he tried to escape from an unknown police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The couple fought for Officer Taser for about 90 seconds, with the white officer kneeling on Mr. Lyoya in an attempt to subdue him. Shots were taken from Mr Lyoya’s passenger, the officer’s camera, the officer’s patrol car and the doorbell camera of a nearby house. Image: Mr. Lyoya and the officer were fighting for the officer’s Taser at some point. Photo: Grand Rapids Police New City Police Chief Eric Winstrom released all four, citing the need for transparency and describing the incident as a “tragedy”, adding: “It was a development of sadness for me.” The video shows Mr Lyoya, who was from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, getting out of the car before a police officer approached. The officer, a seven-year-old veteran who was on paid leave during the search and did not give a public name, ordered Mr Lyoya to return to the vehicle, but Mr Lyoya refused. The officer asked Mr. Lyoya if he spoke English and the pursuit began a little later. The two quarreled over the officer’s Taser, with the officer ordering Mr. Lyoya to “drop” and “drop the Taser”. Mr Winstrom said: “From my point of view on the video, Taser has been developed twice. Taser has not been contacted. “And Mr. Lyoya was shot in the head. However, that’s the only information I have.” Image: Mr Lyoya had come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a refugee. Photo: Grand Rapids Police Prosecutor Chris Becker will decide whether the officer will face charges, but said the public should not expect a quick decision, adding that the videos “were not all evidence”. Mr. Lyoya, a father of two little girls, arrived in the United States with his family as a refugee, according to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. More than 100 people marched on Grand Rapids Town Hall on Tuesday night. shouting “the lives of blacks matter” and “there is no justice, there is no peace”. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:26 Protests over the shooting of Patrick Loya On Wednesday, after the videos were released, several hundred people gathered outside the city police station, demanding that the name of the police officer be made public. The protest was not violent. Police in Grand Rapids, a city of about 200,000 people about 150 miles northwest of Detroit, have at times been criticized for using violence, especially against blacks.
