CANTON ‒ Frank Tyson’s family, friends and supporters held a vigil Friday night at Crenshaw Park to mark the one-year anniversary of his death.
“This should be known. Like this is sad. This is tragic. This is sad. No person should never go through this,” Laniya Brown-Tyson, Frank Tyson’s niece, told Canton Repository news partner News 5 Cleveland.
Tyson, a 53-year-old Black man from Canton Township, died April 18, 2024, following a struggle with Canton police officers inside the AMVETS building on Sherrick Road SE. He had crashed a car into a utility pole outside and entered the building acting erratically. After a confrontation with police, Tyson, who had repeatedly yelled that officers were going to kill him, was handcuffed and left on the floor face down for nearly eight minutes before an officer realized he couldn’t feel a pulse.
“Somehow, it’s all going to come to life. What really happened to my brother. It’s in that whole tape. It’s in the tape,” Darren Tyson told News 5 Cleveland. “There’s two men out there that had their hands on my brother’s death and they’re walking free.”
Canton police officers Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch have pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of reckless homicide. A final pretrial hearing in Stark County Common Pleas Court is scheduled for April 25.
Tyson’s death has attracted national attention, with civil rights figures Ben Crump and Rev. Al Sharpton speaking at his funeral last May. It also sparked protests in Canton, and the national and local NAACP have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate.
Frank Tyson’s family members and supporters hold a vigil Friday night at Crenshaw Park in Canton to mark the one-year anniversary of his death following a struggle with Canton police officers.
Frank Tyson’s family members and supporters hold a vigil Friday night at Crenshaw Park in Canton to mark the one-year anniversary of his death following a struggle with Canton police officers.
Dajeun Dickerson sings as Frank Tyson’s family and supporters hold a vigil at Crenshaw Park to mark the one-year anniversary of his death following a struggle with Canton police officers.
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