So far, hundreds of people have attended protests in the downtown area, on Breonna Taylor Way and the Medical Mile. “Certainly, you know the community has a right to get out there and throw your fist up and yell and scream and bring attention to the problem,” said George Bayard, executive director of the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives. Since then protests have broken out across the city and state, many demanding for the officer to be prosecuted and for systemic policing changes to occur. Lyoya, a Congolese 26-year-old father of two, was fatally shot in the head on Monday, April 4 by a Grand Rapids police officer, identified by the department as Christopher Schurr. So, what we have to do is we have to come out in force and show them that we’re not going to lay down and accept this.” If we can’t take it, we’re not going to get it. “They’re not just going to give it to us. “Here’s my problem with justice: I’m 70 years old and I have never known or witnessed justice,” Reverend Pinkney said during an interview with FOX 17 that day. So, he drove over two hours from Benton Harbor to be there. Hundreds of people gathered near the steps of the Capitol, upset about the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya by a Grand Rapids police officer. Edward Pinkney was excited to be at the Black Lives Matter march and rally last Thursday in Lansing.
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