Hundreds gather to mourn Akron motorist killed by police.
Jayland Walker’s funeral follows days of protest in Akron.
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Jayland Walker’s funeral follows days of protest in Akron.
Hundreds of people gathered at a theater in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday to commemorate the life of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire last month.
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.
After the ceremony at the Akron Civic Center, an attorney representing Walker’s family said the United Nations would be investigating through a racial injustice and law enforcement task force.
Hundreds of people filled a theater and passersby honked their horns in sympathy as family and friends shared their memories of Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in Akron, at his funeral Wednesday.