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Patrick Lyoya, Police Reform Roundtable with NAACP and BLM

A sit down with the Greater Grand Rapids NAACP President Cle Jackson and John Sloan III, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Detroit, to discuss the ramifications on the Grand Rapids community following the tragic fatal shooting of unarmed African immigrant Patrick Lyoya by a white police officer. Plus, they discuss police reform and the racial disparities that exist in West Michigan,

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