right now demonstrators are continues their days long protest off the shooting of patrick lyoya. e officer on the morning of april 4th. new videos released by the police department show the final moments of patrick's life. lyoya is seen in dash cam footage being pulled over in a residential neighborhood, where both he and the officer, who has not publicly been identified exit their vehicles. from the interaction it turns violent. we should know that certain portion of the videos are blurred bid police, not by nbc news. the two men wrestle on the ground. as the officer appears to unholster his taser, he's been heard to tell lyoya to let go or drop the taser as he pins him down. moments later, the 26-year-old was shot in the head while facedown on the ground. patrick's family is mourning his death as police work to investigate what led to the use of deadly force joins me is patrick's dad, his interpreter, and benjamin crump. ben, let me go to you first. they came to the united states to flee war from the democratic republic of congo. now their son has died at the hands of police. th

we say the car that patrick lyoya was driving had a license plate not registered to the vehicle.tussle, a struggle over the taser. but at the moment when he was shot in the back of the head, he was on the ground on all fours with the officer pushing behind his head. there has been a lot of talk in this community in years about instances, moments, a very famous one involving a 11-year-old girl five years ago where an officer pulled a weapon on her while arresting her. there's a lot of concern in this community about how police handle minor situations and the community feels they're too quick to pull out their weapon and all of this is in the context of this very somber day for patrick lyoya's family. >> thank you for the privilege of your time. see you on "nbc nightly news" saturday. "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. ♪ >>> good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. as a russian commander now says are russia is seeking control of southern ukraine, beyond its previously stated aim of conquering the east. that would cut off a zelenskyy government f

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can see and hear the officer deploying that taser and then both of the men were on the ground, patrick lyoya with me now is the co-counsel for the lyoya family. thank you for being with us. first, we're seeing this video. some of it is body cam video, dash cam video, cell phone video from a passenger in the vehicle. do you have all of the video that police and the kent county prosecutor have? >> i'm guessing no, but obviously i don't nknow what i don't have. i guess we have a long way to go to get to the bottom of all of it. >> we've heard from you, ben crump, members of lyoya's family. what is it you're asking for now after seeing this video? >> very clearly this is a violation of our client's civil rights. clearly this was excessive force. we're asking the michigan state police to do their investigation. we're asking them to seek a warrant for the arrest of this officer. we're asking for the kent county prosecutor to move forward with charges and move forward with the prosecution and hopefully conviction. obviously we are hoping this officer should be immediately terminated, discharged, an

patrick lyoya have just received the results of an independent autopsy.mmissioned by the family confirms that lyoya was fatally shot in the back of the head. the autopsy was performed by renowned forensic pathologist warner spitz. he's known for his work looking into the deaths of john f. kennedy, martin luther king jr., and more recently, casey anthony and jonbenet ramsey. patrick was pulled over earlier this month during a traffic stop. this license plate was not registered to the car he was driving. nbc's shaquille brewster joins me now with more on the story. shaq, we have seen those videos released by police. one of the videos shot by a passenger in lyoya's car appeared to show a struggle between him and the officer, the kent county chief medical examiner has not released their results, but take us through what we have heard so far today. >> yeah, those official medical examiner reports, that's not coming out for at least the next couple of weeks. they said that they're not going to do that until that investigation is complete. so you had ben crump h

you look at the one that patrick lyoya was soft for. it was minor.se plate did not match his car and he ends up dead. >> john sudworth has more from washington. >> the focus will be on the question of racial justice and law enforcement. that is front and center. but it will once again highlight the wider issue, the bigger issue ofun violence. the washington post has been keeping a tally of police falities. already this year, 250 people in the u.s. have been shot dead by police officers in the line of duty. on again, people are asking how what looked like a routine, very minor police incident, this traffic stop, could ve escalated to something at that question of racial justice and law enforcement. >> as always, there is plenty more on our website bbc.com/ news. "bbc world news outside source you are watching"bbc world news outside source -- you are narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the f

by now, the passenger in patrick lyoya's car was filming the incident on his phone. n i saw the video, it was painful to watch, and i immediately asked what caused this to happen? and what more could have been done to prevent this from occurring? what do we want when we? justice. when do we want it? now! following the release of this footage, hundreds of people gathered peacefully outside the headquarters of the local police department. not for the first time in america there are demonstrations following the death of a black man killed by a white policeman. the officer in question has not been named and is on paid leave while state police investigate whether to bring charges. patrick lyoya was a son, a brother and a father. grand rapids police chief said he viewed his death as a tragedy. tim allman, bbc news. police in new york are continuing to question a man suspected of shooting ten commuters in brooklyn on tuesday. frankjames, who is 62 and already known to the authorities, was arrested after a 30—hour manhunt following the attack. in total, 23 people were injured

want to have you listen to what crump said about that first interaction with that officer and patrick lyoyawhen patrick goes to walk away he could have just stepped back and called for backup. >> now, crump and the family is asking for this officer to be terminated and to be charged to the fullest extent of the law, katie. >> megan, thank you very much. it is certainly a disturbing video. lots of questions there. >>> that's going to do it for me today. chris jansing picks up our coverage next. at xfinity, we live and work in the same neighborhood as you. we're always working to keep you connected to what you love. and now, we're working to bring you the next generation of wifi. it's ultra-fast. faster than a gig. supersonic wifi. only from xfinity. it can power hundreds of devices with three times the bandwidth. so your growing wifi needs will be met. supersonic wifi only from us... xfinity. ♪♪ >>> right now on msnbc reports, the mystery this hour, how russia's black sea fleet was seriously damaged. the warship now reports it is sinking. was it a missile strike or an accidental fire? either

although it did not include the final moments of patrick lyoya's life.this a malfunction. it takes about three seconds to stop recording on the body camera video. it's unclear who applied that pressure and if it was intentional. the family is heartbroken, calling for justice, calling for that officer to be identified, fired and prosecuted. ben crump, civil rights attorney who's represented other victims of police violence also representing this family and seeking that end. let's listen to what he had to say. >> based on what we see in the video. this officer should be charged and held accountable. for the unjustified killing of an unarmed citizen. it is that simple. >> reporter: and you heard a translator in that video. patrick lyoya and his family immigrated here from the democratic republic of congo in 2014, escaping violence there only to have a violent end here. and that has sparked outrage, especially here in grand rapids. every night since those videos were released, we have seen hundreds gathering in this square outside of the grand rapids police

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a police officer now under investigation for shooting 26-year-old patrick lyoya in the head.> reporter: on april 4th, police say lyoya was pulled over for improper registration on the car he was driving. though did not elaborate on why they were looking in the first place, a few minutes into the stop, lyoya starts to run. >> no, no, no. stop, stop. put your hands up. >> reporter: the officer catches lyoya, the two begin to wrestle and then the officer uses a taser. but it fails to make impact. the officer's body camera turns off during the struggle. police say it was unintentional. but the passenger in lyoya's car was recording this cell phone video, and captured what happens next. >> we are determined to get this right. >> reporter: authorities now facing tough questions, like whether the officer's life was in enough jeopardy to draw his gun. >> a taser is not per se a deadly weapon. the taser is an intermediate weapon. intermediate weapon would have the potential to cause death, it would have the potential to cause great bodily harm, but not necessarily. >> reporter: lyoya

shooting of an unarmed black man has led to protests and calls for accountability. 26-year-old patrick lyoyaafter a traffic stop escalated in grand rapids, michigan, and cbs' adriana diaz is there. >> say his name! >> reporter: in grand rapids, there is frustration and anger over how a routine traffic stop... >> do you have a license? >> for what. >> reporter: ...escalated into a deadly police shooting, claiming the life of 26-year-old patrick lyoya. today, attorney ben crump, flanked by liyoya's parents, called for accountability. >> as his mother and father said, they believe their son wac confrontation.wednesdayvide the officer first approaching the car. >> no, no, no. stop. stop. put your hands... stop! >> reporter: lyola resists and runs. for two minutes, there's a struggle. the officer fires his taser twice but misses. the officer's body camera goes off. it's unclear why. but other videos show while on top of lyoya, the officer takes out his gun and fires one shot to the head. the lyoya family fled from the democratic republic of congo. >> the one who was supposed to protect patrick's

never gave a verbal warning which is required under the federal law. >> attorneys for patrick lyoya's say the officer may have racially profiled him when he was pulled over. the video of the shooting sparked demonstrations. the official autopsy report has not been released yet. >>> the "associated press" reports moderna says it hopes to offer an updated covid booster in the fall to help protect against the omicron variant. moderna announced it is working on combining its original vaccine with one that specifically attacks omicron. the company says before omicron emerged it was studying a combination shot that added protection against another variant called beta. moderna says people given that vaccine produced more antibodies capable of fighting several variants including omicron. >>> and espn says brooklyn nets guard kyrie irving was fined $50,000 by the nba for flipping off boston celtics fans. the league says irving was fined for making obscene gestures and directing profane language toward the crowd during sunday's game. one playoff loss to the celtics. irving said he was respondin

what. >> reporter: ...escalated into a deadly police shooting, claiming the life of 26-year-old patrick lyoyaben crump, flanked by lyoya's parents, called for accountability. >> as his mother and father said, they believe their son was executed. >> reporter: on wednesday, police released several videos showing the entire confrontation. the officer first approaching the car. >> no, no, no. stop. stop. put your hands... stop! >> reporter: lyola resists and runs. for two minutes, there's a struggle. the officer fires his taser twice but misses. the officer's body camera goes off. it's unclear why. but other videos show while on top of lyoya, the officer takes out his gun and fires one shot to the head. the lyoya family fled from the democratic republic of congo. >> the one who was supposed to protect patrick's life took patrick's life away. >> reporter: grand rapids police say they will not identify the officer unless he is named as a suspect. city leaders are calling for calm until the michigan state police finish their investigation. >> we'll see transparency. we will seek truth. justice requi

it shows patrick lyoya being shot in the back of the head as the two men wrestle after a traffic stop began as a routine police matter, with 26—year—old patrick lyoya pulled over in his car by a white officer in a michigan suburb. do you have a driver's licence? do you speak english? yes. but what happened next has once again put the question of racialjustice and policing right back in the national spotlight. 1915, we've got one running. as mr lyoya tries to get away, there's a struggle over the police taser. .. ..before mr lyoya is forced to face down to the ground. let go of the taser! and then, as the struggle continues, the police officer draws his gun... gunshot. ..and fires one fatal shot to the back of the head. at a press conference, his mother and father, who'd fled the war in congo eight years ago, spoke of their anger that their son had been killed by a bullet on the streets of america. i'm asking forjustice. applause. i'm asking for justice for patrick. what do we want? justice! protests have already been held over the ten days since the shooting, but now the release of th

it shows patrick lyoya being shot in the back of the head as the two men wrestle after a traffic stopter — 26—year—old patrick lyoya pulled over in his car and questioned by a white officer in a michigan suburb... do you have a driver's licence? do you speak english? yes _ ..has put the question of racial justice and policing back in the national spotlight. muffled speech there's a struggle over the taser, before mr lyoya is forced face—down to the ground. let go of the taser! and then, as the struggle continues, the police officer draws his gun... gunshot ..and fires one fatal shot to the back of the head. his mother and father spoke of their anger that their sons have been killed by a bullet on the streets of america. —— son. protests have already been held, but now the release of the video has the potential to spark a wider outcry. the officer whose name is not yet been released for a set of investigation while american yet again grapples with the questions posed by a police shooting of an unarmed black man. john studwork, bbc news, washington. and finally, let's end the programme

by now, the passenger in patrick lyoya's car was filming the incident on his phone. s talk tojohn stop into a deadly execution. let's talk to john southworth who stop into a deadly execution. let's talk tojohn southworth who is in washington. what are the police saying about what happened? well, the police have, as you would expect, and announced that there will be an investigation. they have not yet released the name of the officer who fired that shot. they say that, at the moment, the principal of innocent until proven guilty applies, and that they will only, as is normal protocol, release the name of that officer if the investigation results in charges being laid. now, already this incident, as you heard in that report, took place over a week ago, has prompted protests in grand rapids, people demanding that the name of that police officer be released. but obviously, having now released. but obviously, having now released the video, the police are saying they have done that in the interests of transparency, that has of course only fuelled the sense of outrage. you h

it began as a routine police matter, with 26—year—old patrick lyoya pulled over in his car by a whiteat happened next has once again put the question of racialjustice and policing right back in the national spotlight. 1915, we've got one running. as mr lyoya tries to get away, there's a struggle over the police taser ..before mr lyoya is forced face down to the ground. let go of the taser! and then, as the struggle continues, the police officer draws his gun... gunshot ..and fires one fatal shot to the back of the head. at a press conference, his mother and father, who'd fled the war in congo eight years ago, spoke of their anger that their son had been killed by a bullet on the streets of america. i'm asking forjustice. applause i'm asking for justice for patrick. what do we want? now! protests have already been held over the ten days since the shooting, but now the release of the video has the potential to spark a wider outcry. the officer, whose name has not yet been released, faces an investigation — while america yet again grapples with the questions posed by a police shooting of

it shows patrick lyoya being shot in the back of the head as the two men wrestle after a traffic stopry. a warning, his report contains some distressing images. the prose have remained peaceful, though anger is high. hey, stay in the car! stay in the car! it began as a routine police matter, with 26—year—old patrick lyoya pulled over in his car by a white officer in a michigan suburb. do you have a driver's licence? do you speak english? yes. but what happened next has once again put the question of racialjustice and policing right back in the national spotlight. 1915, we've got one running. as mr lyoya tries to get away, there's a struggle over the police taser before mr lyoya is forced face down to the ground. let go of the taser! and then, as the struggle continues, the police officer draws his gun gunshot ..and fires one fatal shot to the back of the head. at a press conference, his mother and father, who'd fled the war in congo eight years ago, spoke of their anger that their son had been killed by a bullet on the streets of america. i'm asking forjustice. applause i'm asking for

: i see my heartbroken, broken, wounded, deeply for what has happened to my son. >> reporter: patrick lyoya'sreets in the last few days, starting with when those videos came out. about 100 protesters each night coming out to march and stopping in front of this grand rapids police headquarters, even more protesters expected tonight. now, these have been peaceful protests so far. no arrests, no safety issues according to the chief, and the city manager says they hope that trend continues. the police say that they are not putting officers on the ground, they're trying to avoid face-offs between officers and those protesters to keep them from escalating tensions here. alex? >> okay. liz mclaughlin, thank you so much from grand rapids, michigan. joining me now, mark, president and ceo of the national urban league. i'm awful glad to have you here. >> hey, alex, thank you. >> i want to get into and ask, really, what went through your mind when you first saw that video of the police officer shooting patrick lyoya? >> i said, not again. not again. here we have -- how does a traffic stop turn into the

so you can get more. >> on april 4th, a grand rapids, michigan police officer shot 26-year-old patrick lyoyaop. lyoya, a local factory worker and devoted farther, died on the scene. and it's worth noting that lyoya was relatively new to this country. about five years ago, he fled civil war in the democratic republic of congo, seeking a better, safer, happier life in america. tragically, brutality was waiting for him here. the video of the shooting is absolutely horrifying. a white agent of the state fires his pistol, execution style, into the head of a black man. now, this recording was released by the grand rapids police department, and certain portions were blurred by the police, not by nbc news. michigan state police are investigating the shooting, which is standard procedure anytime a local officer uses deadly force. and grand rapids chief of police, eric winstrom, released a statement after the incident, saying that he was committed to providing information as transparently and as quickly as the investigation allows. and the killing has inspired local protesters, one can imagine. but ot

patrick lyoya, who was 26, was killed in the city of grand rapids. in the back of the head, as john sudworth reports. hey, stay in the car! stay in the car! it began as a minor police matter — with 26—year—old patrick lyoya pulled over in his car and questioned by a white officer in a michigan suburb... do you have a driver's licence? do you speak english? yes _ ..but what happened next has once again put the question of racial justice and policing back in the national spotlight. muffled speech there's a struggle over the taser, before mr lyoya is forced face—down to the ground. let go of the taser! and then, as the struggle continues, the police officer draws his gun... gunshot ..and fires one fatal shot to the back of the head. ata at a press conference, his mother and father, who had fled the war in congo eight years ago, spoke of their anger that their son had been killed by a bullet on the streets of america. when do we want it? now! _ protests have already been held over the ten days since the shooting, but now the release of the video has the

what. >> reporter: -- escalated into a deadly police shooting, claiming the life of 26-year-old patrick lyoya. today, attorney ben crump, flanked by lyoya's parents, and a congolese interpreter, called for accountability. >> as his mother and father said, they believe their son was executed. >> reporter: on wednesday, police released several videos showing the entire confrontation. the officer first approaching the car. >> no, no, no. stop. stop. put your hands -- stop! >> reporter: lyola resists and runs. for two minutes, there's a struggle. the officer fires his taser twice but misses. the officer's body camera goes off. it's unclear why. but other videos show while on top of lyoya, the officer takes out his gun and fires one shot to the head. [ gunshot ] demoatic blo rly fled from the a fer life here. paick's life away.ottrick's lifo >> reporter: grand rapids police say they will not identify the officer unless he is named as a suspect. city leaders are calling for calm until the michigan state police finish their investigation. >> we'll see transparency. we will seek truth. justice requir

are expected to continue their days-long protest after the deadly police shooting of 26-year-old patrick lyoya

there's no justice, and i'm still thinking about patrick lyoya. after delivering his eulogy, his death at the hands of police, a reminder that within the midst of all of our nation's challenges, foreign and domestic, we still do not have basic institutional protection. we begin tonight with the latest from the nation of ukraine, joining me now is cal perry. he's in kyiv, ukraine. we begin with breaking news from ukraine, where president zelenskyy is saying he still wants a face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. also big news, he's going to meet with the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary austin tomorrow. what can you add to that? >> reporter: yes, sir. we don't have confirmation from the american side on that visit from the u.s. secretary of defense and from the u.s. secretary of state. that's not unusual. the americans of not going to confirm that visit for security reasons until it happens. so we're going to take his word for that. it was an extraordinary press conference. it took place in a subway

as soon as patrick lyoya is pulled over, he's seen outside the car. there is a discussion. running, the officer tackles him to the ground and they're struggling for a matter of minutes. the officer tried to deploy his taser twice and lyoya is seen trying to grab that taser. they're up, they're down, and then they go for the final time. the final haerds we heard from the officer are drop the taser. and then a single gun shot. the officer gets up. lyoya doesn't. now, the central questions here become what prompted this officer to pull out his weapon? and the officer is seen on top of lyoya while he is face down. i asked the police chief, what was the officer, what is the officer trained to try and do. in situation? take a listen to what em. >> typically the answer is you try to place him in custody. you try to secure that individual. the question is, with the use of force on, policy, i won't comment only. the defense will be whether the view of reasonable police officers, whether that deadly force was needed to prevent death or great bodily harm to that officer. that's the te

a police officer now under investigation for shooting 26-year-old patrick lyoya in the head. yoya was pulled over for improper registration, just a few minutes from the stop lyoa begins to run. >> no. no. no. put your hands up. >> reporter: the officer catches lyoya. they begin to wrestle. then the officer uses a taser. it falsz to make impact. the officer's body camera turns off during the struggle. police say it was unintentional but the passenger in lyoya's car captured this cell phone video and captured what happened next. >> drop the taser! >> we are determined to get this right. >> reporter: authorities now facing tough questions like whether the officer's life was in enough jeopardy to draw his gun. >> so a taser is not per se a deadly weapon. that would be what was known as potential so the not necessarily. a potential language barrier is part of the investigation. the family's lawyer, ben crump, contends lyoya was confused and terrified for his life. the naacp adding an unregistered license plate should not be a death sentence. the still unidentified officer has been

details from the autopsy >> no question what killed this young man. >> the independent autopsy of patrick lyoyas head and came to rest near the right temple >> i thought that the gun was pushed against the skin. >> dr. spitz performed the autopsy. he's been in the field for more than 60 years working on the assassinations of president john f. kennedy and martin luther king jr. he said lyoya was 5'9" and 150 pounds the only injury on his body was the bullet wound >> you look at your loved one get killed like this, you scream bloody murder. >> ben crump is representing the family >> stay in the car >> he says he has questions about why lyoya was pulled over in the first place the officer said it was an issue with the car's registration. >> the plate doesn't belong on this car >> crump says with the license plates on the back of cars in michigan, he wants to know what made the officer turn around >> we have to investigate thoroughly whether this is a dwb, driving while black profiling case >> protesters have been calling for the name of the officer to be released. >> if the officer is charged with

an officer under investigation for shooting patrick lyoya in the head. >> stay in the car. >> reporter: on april 4th they say lyoya was pulled over for improper registration on the car he was operating. just a few minutes into the stop lyoya starts to run. >> no. no. no. stop. stop. stop. put your hands up. >> reporter: the officer catches lyoya. the two begin to wrestle. then the officer uses a taser. but it fails to make impact. the officer's body camera turns off during the struggle. police say it was unintentional. the passenger in lyoya's car was recording this cell phone video and captured what happens next. >> drop the taser. >> we are determined to get this right. >> reporter: authorities now facing tough questions like whether the officer's life was in enough jeopardy to draw his gun. >> so a taser is not per se a deadly weapon. a taser is what is known as an intermediate weapon. it would have the potential to cause death. it would have the potential to cause great bodily harm but not necessarily. >> lyoya was a congolese refugee. ben crump contends lyoya was confused and terr

. >>> after video was released last week of the deadly police-involved shooting of 26-year-old patrick lyoyashot in the back of his head. lyoya was killed during an encounter with an officer following a traffic stop on april 4th. video shows him running away from the officer after being instructed to get back in the car. the officer tackles him to the ground. after struggling with lyoya and attempting to tase him, the two wrestle on the ground before the officer tells him to let go of the taser. that is when the officer's body camera was deactivated. another video then captures the fatal gunshot. the officer is on paid leave while the incident is being investigated. the news continues right now. i want to hand it over to laura coates and jim sciutto, who is in ukraine. >> thanks so much, anderson. this is "cnn tonight." i'm jim sciutto. as anderson said, live from lviv, ukraine. along with my good friend laura coates, back in the u.s. and there is tonight very dire news out of the besieged city of mariupol in the south of this country. hundreds of ukrainian civilians including women and chil

patrick lyoya's parents insist the officer did not have to use lethal force. they believe their son was executed. this morning, protesters taking to the streets for another day demanding the firing of the grand rapids, michigan, police officer who shot and killed 26-year-old patrick lyoya. [ crowd chanting ] his family speaking out for the first time. the congolese immigrants through a translator expressing their grief and asking that the officer be prosecuted. >> translator: i was thinking going to bury me or assist at my funeral, but what is so astonishing, i am burying my son. >> reporter: the incident recorded on an officer body camera, dash cam, security cameras and a bystander's cell phone unfolding when police say lyoya was pulled over because the plates on his car were registered to a different vehicle. >> no, no, no, stop. put your hands up. >> reporter: the situation quickly escalating when lyoya attempts to flee and the officer pursues. the officer deploys his taser. lyoya fighting and wrestling to get to the officer's taser. >> okay. >> stop. >> re

in news from michigan, more details have emerged about the police killing of patrick lyoya, a 26-year-oldoolese refugee who was shot dead after a traffic stop on april 4. an independent autopsy has determined that the grand rapids police officer who killed lyoya first pressed his gun against the back of lyo's head before shooting him. vil rights attorney ben crump spoke at a press conference on tuesday. >> today, based on scientific evidence, we can confirm that patrick lyoya was shot in the back of his head. that is now scientific evidence of this tragic killing and what his family believes was an execution. amy: a federal judge in minnesota has sentenced a st. paul man to year in prison for threatening house speaker nancy pelosi shortly after the january 6 insurrection. meanwhile, a donald trump supporter in florida has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he had threatened to kill democratic congress member ilhan omar three years ago. in labor news, workers at five starbucks stores in richmond , virginia, have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. senator bernie sanders praised the news,

demonstrating in downtown grand rapids outside a very barricaded police department chanting "justice for patrick lyoyant case. now, there's still an ongoing investigation, of course, to determine whether this officer's actions were justified or whether he crossed a line. but the attorney for the lyoya family, ben crump, is already calling this use of force unnecessary and excessive and joins a chorus of people calling not only for the firing of this officer, but also the arrest and prosecution of this officer as well, don. >> listen, omar, we've covered so many of these incidents at this network. a man is dead over a car registration. the whole thing happened in just two minutes and 40 seconds. but this isn't really cut and dry. >> reporter: it's not. there's a lot to look at here. even as these two were eventually wrestling with each other, this officer tried to use his taser twice and missed. lyoya is seen putting his hands on the taser at points. both the officer and lyoya seem to have at least one hand on the taser, even as they go to the ground for what becomes the final time. the last words we h

and the funeral for patrick lyoya was held on friday in grand rapids, michigan. on april 13, the 26-year-old congolese refugee was shot in the head by a white grand rapids police officer. during the funeral, the reverend al sharpton called on the police department to release the name of the officer who shot him. >> every time we are suspected of something, you put our name out there. how dare you hold the name of a man that killed this man. we want his name! amy: civil rights attorney ben crump also spoke at patrick lyoya's funeral. >> you must understand that this is not just an legal issue, this is not just a civil rights issue , but truly, this is a human rights issue. because world leaders can't condemn russian soldiers shooting unarmed citizens in the back of the head in the ukraine, but in refused to condemn police officers shooting unarmed black citizens here in grand rapids, michigan. if it is wrong to do it in the ukraine, then it is wrong that you do it in grand rapids. amy: a clarification to any earlier headlines, a new study by the kaiser family foun

a police officer now under investigation for shooting 26-year-old patrick lyoya in the head.orter: on april 4th, police say he was pulled over for improper registration on the car he was driving, though did not elaborate on why they were looking in the first place. just a few minutes into the stop, lyoya starts to run. >> no, no, no, stop, stop. put your hands up. >> reporter: the officer catches lyoya, the two begin to wrestle. then the officer uses a taser. but it fails to make impact. the officer's body camera turns off during the struggle. police say it was unintentional. but the passenger in lyoya's car was recording this cell phone video. and captured what happens next. >> stop, taser! >> we are determined to get this right. >> reporter: authorities now facing tough questions like whether the officer's life was in enough jeopardy to draw his gun. >> a taser is not per se a deadly weapon. the taser is what would be known as an intermediate weapon. intermediate weapon would have the potential to cause death, it would have the potential to cause great bodily harm, but not

police in grand rapids say an officer pulled over 26-year-old patrick lyoya. this is last monday. he is a refugee from congo he moved to the u.s. in 2014 cops say the officer pulled him over because the license plate on the car didn't match the one he was driving today police released four separate videos. they show the moments after the cop pulled lyoya over, the struggle that followed and the moment the officer shot and killed the man with a bullet to the back of the head the videos are from the officer's dash camera, the officer's body camera, a surveillance camera across the street and the witness's cell phone. the police chief says he's not naming the officer who's currently on paid leave. the chief says at this point that officer is not facing any criminal charges cnbc's perry russom now with the newly released videos. and a warning first, they may be difficult to watch. >> stay in the car stay in the car. >> reporter: it's 11:00 in the morning on april 4th a grand rapids police officer working alone pulls over patrick lyoya. >> do you have a license >> reporter: police say

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the right questions here are why is patrick lyoya dead? that's the question we should be asking. and far too often, the question becomes, well, why did he run? well, guess what? there's nothing in the constitution that says he can't. >> he can't. i want to play for you both a video, because the grand rapids pd does not have a good reputation over the past five years. >> exactly. >> and there was a case in which the grand rapids pd pulled over five young boys walking home from a basketball court, and for no reason. there had been reports of kids at the basketball court having a fight. they tried to pull these guys over that were walking along, they were young kids. and there was a -- i'm just kind of setting this video up for you. there was a mother that comes out, seeing this happen, and she begins kind of freaking out at the police officers. understandably so, because this is one of her sons. and i want to play for you both what this mother says to these police officers in this kind of moment of passion. >> look, i understand, but you have to understand -- >> that's my baby righ

rapids demand the arrest and termination of the still unnamed police officer who shot 26-year-old patrick lyoya his mother and father. >> reporter: standing side by side with lyoya's family, family attorney ben crump calling the shooting excessive use of force. >> you see a police officer escalate a minor traffic stop into a deadly execution. >> reporter: dash cam police body camera and cell phone video released wednesday by law enforcement capturing the deadly encounter on april 4th. >> nope, nope, nope, stop. stop. put your hands up. >> reporter: authorities say the unidentified officer pulled lyoya over because the plate on the car wasn't registered to the vehicle. >> it was a traffic stop. think about it. this wasn't a felony offense. >> reporter: in the video, lyoya gets out, eventually tries to run. he's also seen fighting and wrestling to get to the officer's taser after it was deployed. after demands for lyoya to release the taser and to stop fighting, the struggle ends with the officer on top of him drawing his gun and shooting lyoya in the head. the body camera at one point stops reco

>> reporter: the fatal encounter between the unidentified officer and 26-year-old patrick lyoya began plate that didn't match the vehicle's registration. lyoya appears to walk away from the officer and then resists before running. >> stop. >> reporter: multiple videos including from the officer's body camera, his dash cam, a cell phone, and a security camera captured what happened next. >> stop -- >> reporter: the two appear to wrestle over control of the officer's taser. it deploys twice into the ground. then as this video shot by the car's passenger shows, while on top of lyoya's back, the officer fires a single shot, striking lyoya in the head. [ gunshot ] the grand rapids police chief released the video despite an ongoing investigation saying the community needed to see what happened. >> a taser is not per se a deadly weapon. the taser is what would be known as an intermediate weapon. >> reporter: under michigan law, an officer can use deadly force to prevent death or bodily harm. the department is not identifying the officer, but the seven-year veteran is on paid administrative l