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. >> the family of patrick loyola reacting to video of the moment he was shot and killed in grand rapid we're not going to show it to you again, it disturbing. but it seems to show the men struggling on the ground before the officer shoots him in the back of the head. he was pulled over during a traffic stop because his license plate was not registered to the car. shaquille brewster is with us. tell us about the conversation with the family members who recently relocated from the democratic republic of congo. tell us about it. >> reporter: they're heart broken and right now they're calling for justice. justice for them at this point, they want the officer who fired that shot to be publicly identified. they want that officer to be fired and prosecuted. that's the sentiment that you're hearing from many in the community who are still protesting. we saw a second straight night of protests yesterday and there's no protests scheduled into this weekend. i did have a conversation with the family. this is something that the shooting at least is something that the police chief has called a trage

a cop shot and killed patrick loyola. he and his family are refugees from the democratic republic of congo. they moved to the u.s. 8 years ago and today, his mother spoke through an interpreter, and said she thought they had escaped the war-torn country to a safe place. >> translator: as i am speaking now, i am surprised and astonished to hear that my son has been killed with bullets. >> police yesterday released four videos of the shooting. they showed him walking away from the officer, when a struggle between them. lelia resisted the cops demand and appeared to grab his stun gun. minutes later the officer shot him in the back of the head as he struggled facedown on the ground. police in grand rapids are bracing tonight for another round of protests. last night, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets. they are calling for justice and for city officials to release the name of the officer. nbc's perry rossum on the investigation and families pain. >> reporter: dorcas is patrick's mother and says she cannot stop cryi

it shows that now deceased n patrick loyola wrestling with a police officer. the officer repeatedly ordered him to let go of his taser at one point demanding drop the taser. as with all ofas these incident, it's a horrible tragedy. but rather than seek solutionsag that get to the root cause of why this man wassu pursued and why he resisted, blm and their media allies took a memorable and different tact. >> they won't identify the policeman. does that mean that he has a record of doing things that abuse is literally the reason for the black livess matter movement is clearly there is not in danger is if that officer believes that this man's life did notno matter was not valuable. what exactly will it take to stop this level of execution style killing of black men and black women at the hands of law enforcement? now blm and the folks that weho just heard dose a huge disservie to those that they claim to be fighting for according to the new report from pew violence and crime along with economic issues are black americans top priorities right now now something to k

and they indicate that patrick lead loyola was shot. in the back of the head.tter the circumstances around the misdemeanor traffic stop, it must be communicated this kind of police brutality against community members especially black and brown members as long documented we keep seeing it we keep reliving the trauma. >> that was our next guest michigan state senator erika geiss. patrick loyala was a 26 year old refugee from the democratic republic of the congo. he was pulled over by police he ran rapids for certain apparently because of an irregularity the officer believed he noticed in the license plate. but police body cam video of the incident shows patrick struggling to understand why he was pulled over and when asked for his drivers license, he appears to walk towards the glove compartment side of the car. possibly to get his drivers license. when the officer then chases him, and grabs him, patrick lyola appears confused about why he is being grabbed. and struggles to get away from the officer. he manages to run a few steps and then according to police depa