The Gambia has demanded an investigation after one of its citizens, a former UN diplomat’s son, was shot dead by U.S. police.
Momodou Lamin Sisay, 39, was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the preliminary investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
His shooting, which comes amid protests over the death of George Floyd, has caused outrage in the Gambian community, who have described it as one example of the ongoing systemic racism in America where black people find themselves being killed during encounters with white police officers.
According to Georgia investigators, at approximately 03:49 Friday morning, a police officer in Snellville, Georgia tried to stop Sisay’s vehicle but he refused to stop, and a car chase followed.
In the wake of protests across the U.S. following the death of Floyd at the hands of a police officer, a demonstration has been planned for next week outside the American embassy to protest the killing of Sisay and black Americans by police.
