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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle.
Roughly 1,000 people gathered at Lyoya's funeral on Friday.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle, saying at Lyoya's funeral Friday: "We want his name!"
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Mourners gathered Friday at the funeral for Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a traffic
The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle. “We want his name!” Sharpton said Friday, as he spoke at Lyoya's funeral. Mourners, many of whom were wearing T-shirts or sweatshirts bearing Lyoya's picture, stood in applause.