[Sturrminator]

This is video footage taken from who I think was the passenger in Patrick Loya's vehicle.

Patrick Loya was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Mich. for a license plate issue on April 4. In the video, the unnamed officer told Lyoya that the plate didn't belong on the car and asked for his license. Shortly after Loya attempted to flee and avoid arrest.

[kellyhound]

link doesn't work but it's probably this clip, taken from a longer released bodycam footage.

[kellyhound]

P. L, a 26-year-old Black man, died Monday, April 4 following a traffic stop near the intersection of Griggs and Nelson on the city's southeast side. He was the driver of the vehicle. A passenger was also in the vehicle at the time.

Here’s a timeline of events related to the deadly shooting.

Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom told the suspect ran from the officer, and then struggled with that officer when the officer caught up to him. Investigators say the officer shot him during the struggle.

Grand Rapids police say the officer was wearing a body camera. It fell off during the struggle, but GRPD says the camera was still on the scene and activated.

Family of the man has seen the dash camera and body camera video of the incident. They dispute the account of what happened. They say the video shows him being shot in the back of the head

The Grand Rapids Police Department plans to release it during a news conference scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Prior to the videos being shown, Grand Police Chief Eric Winstrom says he will provide additional context to the footage, provide an update and explain the next steps in the investigative process.

[rohmell]

I guess the moral of this story is "don't bring a taser to a gunfight".

[shidxre]

Police are trained when they’re raiser is token from theyre opposer or someone has it in there possession,to immediately pull out your firearm,almost always leading in that situation someone dying,he was just doing what the police trained him to do

[hughjardon67]

Originally Posted by rohmell ↗

I guess the moral of this story is "don't bring a taser to a gunfight".

And quit running from the po-po FFS. Comply comply comply and likely stay alive.

[spencer12555]

all the prisons that i can think of are probably on high alert and are expecting riots to come from this

[Pyramid_Head]

The officer shouldn't have shot him, but just think, had the criminal complied he wouldn't be dead.


EDIT: The cop was in the right to shoot him, just realized he really did have the cops tazer.

[Xtatic]

BLM - Belt Loops Matter

[Packerfan420]

Had the young man gotten a hold of his taser and used it on the officer, he could have then grabbed his gun and finish him off. He already tried to use non-lethal force to get him to comply. Was he supposed to wrestle him until he actually got possesion of the taser and in position to use it?