Israel Siku, interpreter for the Lyoya family, explained how Peter Lyoya broke down when he saw the video showing his son’s death. As a father himself, Siku said, he was unable to sleep that night. He went on to describe Patrick’s killing as “an execution.”
In the body camera video, you can see the Zeeland officer patting down Toriyon Mitchell, taking things out of his pocket, and accusing him of being on drugs.
Tuesday marks one-year since George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. Protests broke out around the country and world, including Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, in the days following his death.