Video shows Patrick Lyoya disobeyed an officer during an April 4 traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled with the officer over his Taser before the officer fatally shot him in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
and a struggle as the white officer repeatedly tells Lyoya to stop. At one point, Lyoya has his hand on the officer’s stun gun, and the officer yells at him to let go.
Scott Roberts, senior director of criminal justice and democracy campaigns at Color of Change, a national racial justice organization, said officers are often fearful given the dangers involved with making stops. But that doesn’t negate that Black motorists suffer for showing or expressing their justified fears in traffic stops, he said.
Skin color and experiences could skew how all parties interpret interactions and confrontations between Black Americans and white officers, said Paul Bergman, professor emeritus of law at UCLA. The situation escalated when Lyoya didn't produce a driver's license and tried to run. That likely raised the officer's suspicions, Bergman said.“Maybe he's thinking to just escape a situation that's threatening,” Bergman added. “Lawfully, you're expected to comply with lawful demands. The place to argue if you think it's unlawful is later. We're expected to fight those arguments out in courts and not in the street.
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