Footage released by police shows Patrick Lyoya, 26, face-down on the ground fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer
A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, foot chase and fight over a stun gun, according to videos of the 4 April incident released by police. Patrick Lyoya, 26, came to the US fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014.
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