Posted on 04/13/2022 8:30:49 PM PDT by Morgana
Michigan police have released footage of a black man being shot in the back of the head by a white cop during a struggle over a Taser following a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, sparking protests across the city with hundreds of people calling for justice.
Amid public outcry for transparency, police released the footage on Wednesday showing Patrick Lyoya, 26, face down on the ground as he is fatally shot outside a house in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 4.
The vides also depicts the events leading up to the shooting, including the traffic stop that led to a brief foot chase and struggle over the cop's Taser.
The white officer repeatedly ordered Lyoya to 'let go' of his Taser, at one point demanding: 'Drop the Taser!'
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Citing a need for transparency, the city's new police chief, Eric Winstrom, released four videos, including critical footage of the shooting recorded by a passenger in Lyoya's car on that rainy morning.
'I view it as a tragedy. ... It was a progression of sadness for me,' said Winstrom, a former high-ranking Chicago police commander who became Grand Rapids chief in March. The city of about 200,000 people is about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.
Video shows Lyoya running from the officer who stopped him for driving with a license plate that didn't belong to the vehicle. They struggled in front of several homes while Lyoya's passenger got out and watched.
Winstrom said the fight over the Taser lasted about 90 seconds. In the final moments, the officer was on top of Lyoya, kneeling on his back at times to subdue him.
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Why are criminals never required to refrain from using excessive force?
Jeez, Crump sure has that market cornered.
He was driving a car with a license plate that didn’t belong on the car.
These people just don’t understand or care about law and order.
Why do white cops persist in policing these areas? Only black policemen should.
But the MSM isn't interested in presenting the facts.
“The white officer repeatedly ordered Lyoya to ‘let go’ of his Taser, at one point demanding: ‘Drop the Taser!’”
I’m more inclined to believe that they believe they can push a cops buttons precisely because they know the last thing most cops want to do is resort to lethal force. Dumbasses.
Benjamin Crump, makes a career of suing for police shootings of blacks. If it’s just blacks shooting blacks, he couldn’t care less.
Excessive Resistence was committed.
Family can take their asses back to the Congo.
I am also inclined to believe that. 👍
Good shoot.
Que riots in at least 2 major metropolitan areas for Friday afternoon.
It wasmnt.
That taser would incapacitate the cop and then the thug has his firearm.
The officer has 7 years on the job, so he may have ended up having to take that patrol job based on his years in service. I believe most jobs in police departments are based on seniority. The better jobs, with better hours, and days off, like weekends, are usually taken by more senior officers. We had a bidding system based on seniority. Jobs that became vacant were posted for 30 days. The person with the highest seniority date got the job. In my department, you had to have a year on the job before you could bid, and because you had no time, you usually ended up in the shittiest jobs, on a shift you didn't want to work. And you had to keep that job for six months before you could bid on anything else. If you weren't able to win a job because you were outbid, you were at the mercy of the staffing Lieutenant or Chart Sergeant. You could get off work at 11 p.m. at night, and you might have to turn around and come back in at 7 a.m. They could even make you work 16 hours from 3-11 p.m., then stay for the 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. shift. Because the 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. shift was considered to be the next day, they wouldn't pay you overtime for that extra 8 hours they sucked out of you. Somebody's got to work those neighborhoods, and with police unions and contractual agreements, you can't simply pick black officers to patrol black neighborhoods, if the black cops have seniority. They were new once, and had to do the shit jobs like everyone else. More than likely though, there are more than enough black and white officers on the bottom rung of the seniority list, so they are stuck for now patrolling those streets until they get some time on the job.
I see, thanks. I notice many companies have done away with the seniority status, and instead on merit.
My son is a policeman, and I repeatedly ask him why does he want to put himself in such jeopardy?
He says he doesn’t plan to do it forever. He’s moved out of state, and is now in Virginia. When he was here, he had some really crappy hours. day, night, night, day.
Rayshard Brooks comes to mind. Summer 2020 in Atlanta. He falls asleep in his car in Wendy's drive-thru. They call the cops. He's been drinking. Upon being woken up, he's all compliant, then when the cops tell him they're taking him in, he gets argumentative, and belligerent. The cop pulls his taser, and Brooks struggles with him for it. They end up on the ground. Brooks takes the cops taser and runs with it, firing it at the officer as he goes. The officer shoots Brooks as he's fleeing.
Rioters burned down the Wendy's. The female Chief of Police resigned as the police department experienced a severe case of "blue flu" when they heard the cops involved were going to be charged. The officer who shot Brooks was jailed and immediately terminated. His defense attorney got him out on bail, then went to court to get him his job back. The Civil Service Board said he'd been wrongfully terminated him and reinstated him. The prosecutor who was supposed to try the case lost his re-election bid, and a special prosecutor was assigned. As of March this year, that special prosecutor has retired, and no prosecution of the officer has yet occurred. The case is still in limbo.
God bless him, and keep him safe. I worked for New York State in their prison system for 25 years. I was one of a handful of females who went to work at Auburn State prison in the early 80's. I only worked in male facilities. The bidding system was in place when I took the job. The first bid job I had was covering the phone room so the inmates could get their two calls a month. They each got 10 minutes to call someone on their approved list collect. After their 10 minutes was up, most would be decent, and hang up. Every now and then you'd get a dipshit who ignored your warnings, and I'd have to cut the call off. A few got belligerent saying I disrespected them, but I'd point to the rest of the guys sitting in the room waiting their turn, and tell them, you're cutting in on their call time. It's them you're disrespecting. Now they have phones in the yards and housing units.
I made Sergeant in 1989. Never really wanted to move up any higher in the system, because it meant starting all over from the bottom again, having to go to another facility half-way across the state, and working crappy jobs and shitty hours again. I had too much time in to be inconvenienced for a little extra cash. I figured if I really needed some extra money, I'd just work overtime.
I was in the highest tier in the retirement system. It gave me a month early retirement for each year I had in service, so I got out 23 months early. I'd had previous time in the retirement system, and left with 33 years under my belt. Never missed it one day. The job gave me good benefits and a decent wage so I could raise my two sons on my own. They're in their 50's now. Not long ago I ran into a guy who was an officer when I retired. He's now a Captain. He said the officers they are getting are very young, and inexperienced. They've gone from living in Mommy's basement, to working behind prison walls. Most of them don't even think they have to talk to the inmates. All they want to do is sit on their butts. Makes me glad I got out when I did.
I doubt their thinking is that complex. They're simply being impulsive, reacting moment-to-moment, with no clear plan or thought for longterm consequences. (Longterm, as in beyond the next 15 to 30 seconds.)
With the large payout they will doubtless be receiving, they can live like royalty in the Congo.
I assume assignments and promotions today are less about seniority or merit, but instead about increasing diversity.
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