“My heart is in my stomach. I can’t even think clearly. It’s wrong, you know?”
Chiquita Braggs knew Patrick Lyoya. She prepared the Congolese immigrant’s taxes.
“It’s like they come here for security and for a better way of living and then this happens. That’s wrong.”
Who was he in your mind?
“Fun. Loving. Cool. He didn’t miss a beat. And he was friendly, very friendly.”
Along the walkway approaching Renaissance Church of God in Christ, two tables stacked with black tee shirts.
“The tee shirts say, ‘Justice for Patrick.’
“The larges is the smallest you have? Yes. How much are they? Its donation based. Okay.”
“I’m Rama Ramaisa.”
“And on the backside, it says, ‘It is our right to live.’”
“Good morning…” More than 1,000 mourners gathered paying their respects.
“Praying for comfort for the family.”
“I’m Reverend John Mondi, Pastor of the African Fellowship Church here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“It is not lost in me that there are people (with) goodwill who have not only showered support for Patrick’s family but also for the entire
Congolese community and the African, the African people.”