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"We want his name:" Rev. Al Sharpton at Patrick Lyoya's funeral
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4/22/2022
"You are going to protect the name of a policeman who shot somebody in the back of the head?"
Speaking at Patrick Lyoya's funeral, Rev. Al Sharpton demanded the authorities release the name of the man who shot and killed Lyoya.
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How dare you hold the name of a man that killed this man. We want his name.
00:19
They shot him according to preliminary reports in the back of his head to add insult to the injury.
00:29
They're telling this family that they will not release the name of the one responsible for this death.
00:42
Talking about we won't release the name until he is charged.
00:51
Every time a young black man or woman is arrested in this town, you put their name all over the news.
01:04
Every time we are suspected of something, you put our name out there.
01:14
How dare you hold the name of a man that killed this man. We want his name.
01:27
Are you setting a legal precedent now that if a policeman kills somebody on videotape that he's holding down and shoots in the back of the head
01:47
that if the grand jury don't charge him that we will never know his name?
01:55
I come from New York to tell you that we are not going to let that precedent stand.
02:02
These young folks, black and white, that have been marching in Grand Rapids
02:14
every day, they're not the troublemakers. They're the trouble breakers.
02:22
It's trouble when you can shoot people in the head and remain anonymous.
02:30
Don't ask them are they going to be violent. Give us the name of the one that was violent.
02:38
Is this the Michigan where just not long ago you would not convict men that threatened to kidnap the governor?
02:49
Now you're going to protect the name of a policeman that shot somebody in the back of the head?
02:56
Is this Michigan 2022 or Mississippi 1952?
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