Mourners celebrate Jayland Walker killed brutally by Ohio police
Mourners gather at a theatre in Akron, Ohio, to celebrate Jayland Walker, a Black man killed 27 June in a hail of police gunfire.
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Mourners gather at a theatre in Akron, Ohio, to celebrate Jayland Walker, a Black man killed 27 June in a hail of police gunfire.
The funeral for a Black man Akron police fired at least 80 bullets at and who died after 60 of them riddled his body invoked a painful memory in America’s
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Friends, family and community members remembered the life of Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old fatally shot by Akron police, at a funeral held Wednesday at the Akron Civic Theatre.
Family members and pastors share their memories of Jayland Walker at a funeral service attended by hundreds in downtown Akron.