Lansing’s Black Lives Matter chapter is demanding that the city of East Lansing name and fire two officers involved in a shooting that injured a Black man on April 25.
Activists rallied outside the Ingham County Jail Tuesday afternoon where 20-year-old DeAntony VanAtten is being held on a probation violation. He’s been behind bars since he was discharged from Sparrow Hospital Monday after being shot a week prior.
DeAthony’s mother, Burnette VanAtten, says the officers involved should be prosecuted.
“I thank God my son is still alive because a lot of black men who encounter the police are not.”
An East Lansing news release said police responded to a call about a man entering a grocery store with a gun and said shots were fired after the man ran out of the store. The release doesn’t name the person or people who fired shots. Officials are declining to release further details about the sequence of events while an investigation by Michigan State Police is still ongoing.
East Lansing’s police chief promises to share video soon of the incident. Black Lives Matter leaders say they want to see unedited footage.
Lansing’s Black Lives Matter chapter is demanding that the city of East Lansing name and fire two officers involved in a shooting that injured a Black man on April 25.