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The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man whose body was found with some 60 gunshot wounds after he allegedly fled a traffic stop two weeks ago in Ohio, is expected to speak to the media and to the public today.

In a statement to media by the family's legal team, the family is "calling for an immediate end to the aggressive, violent tactics being used by the Akron police against protesters."

The statement says they're also calling for all curfews to be lifted and an "end to the city's efforts to blame Jayland for the horrific and unjustified shooting that took his life."

The family also plans to provide details of a unity gathering this week, and the date and time of Walker's funeral service.

Ohio Police released bodycam footage to the public last Sunday which showed eight police officers involved in the shooting that killed Walker.

The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, a statement from the department said.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8964187/black-man-akron-police-shot-killed/

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