THE MAN WHOSE SHOOTING DEATH BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SPARKED PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST APD IS LAID TO REST. A FUNERAL FOR JAMES BOYD … WHO WAS 38 … WAS HELD AT ST. MARTIN'S HOSPITALITY CENTER ON SUNDAY, WHERE THE MENTALLY ILL MAN WAS SAID TO BE GETTING HELP.
THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED AND ABOUT 70 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CEREMONY, INCLUDING BOYD'S FAMILY, WHO TRAVELED TO ALBUQUERQUE SPECIFICALLY FOR HIS FUNERAL.
AFTER THE SERVICE, BOYD WAS BURIED AT SANDIA MEMORIAL GARDENS.
BOYD WAS SHOT BY POLICE DURING A LONG STANDOFF IN THE FOOTHILLS NEAR TRAMWAY AND COPPER ON MARCH 16TH.
