Flashpoint Interview: Ex-Detroit police chief, journalist talk Patrick Lyoya shooting

Another video of another police shooting of another unarmed Black man has led to another chorus of questions.

On April 4, Patrick Lyoya was shot in the head by a Grand Rapids police officer during a traffic stop. The city’s police chief took the unusual step of releasing videos of the violent confrontation over objections of the prosecutor, who will ultimately decide whether the white officer should be charged.

We’re hearing from a journalist who knows the Grand Rapids police force well, and with a former Detroit police chief, who shares what the video of the shooting tells us.

Watch the interview in segment two of the April 17, 2022, episode of Flashpoint in the video player above.

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