Less than one minute. The police weren’t even called there for her, they were in the parking lot for an “unrelated call.” And why was an officer standing in front of her car leaning on the hood holding a gun in her face in the first place? There are so many things wrong with this.
OK, I get that she was driving away and it might have been at an officer hard to get all the views when one’s dead. Anyway, 1 He could have easily stepped aside and got the make, model, and tag etc so as to not escalate the situation 2 How the fuck is step 2 shoot to kill. Could’ve shot the radiator or a tire or you know not fired a gun. This is why shit’s so messed up, there’s no middle ground you’re either complying with them or you’re a deadly threat nothing in between. De-Escalation training needs to be mandatory every few months.
The question for me is, is a couple hundred Dollars of alcohol or groceries worth someone’s life? Why not let her go and pursue charges against her rather than executing her in the parking lot?
This is always the same question. Same with police who get into high-speed pursuits and end up killing people. At a certain point, if you have the license plate or ID of a person it makes more sense to avoid further escalation
In a video statement a day after the shooting, Belford said two officers were helping someone get into a locked car when a supermarket employee told them several people were leaving with stolen items. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/police-fatally-shooting-a-pregnant-black-woman-captured-on-video-set-to-be-released
I have a hard time seeing a 7-months pregnant woman being part of a gang of thieves and running from a store with her arms full of bottles of alcohol.
And if she was part of the gang, you record her license plate and get the security camera pictures and call her in. What the hell are cops being taught?
What the hell are cops being taught?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/warrior-cop-class-dave-grossman-killology.html
7-months pregnant woman being part of a gang of thieves
That’s possibly the only part of this that I could understand: some people use the “fake pregnant” or “fake obese” strategy to fit in more stuff under their clothes… so just by seeing someone who “looks like” they’re pregnant, you can’t “rule out” them being a thief.
Shooting even a confirmed thief, still isn’t justified.
Cocaine. Meth. Steroids. Affiliations with nazi organizations.
95 percent of cops.
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Police in Ohio have released bodycam footage showing an officer fatally shooting a pregnant black woman.
Ta’Kiya Young, 21, died on 24 August when she was shot while in her car outside a Kroger grocery store in Blendon Township, a suburb of Columbus.
Officers say they attempted to perform medical aid, but neither the mother of two nor her unborn child survived the shooting.
Ms Young’s family is understandably very upset and grieving," Blendon Police Chief John Belford said on Friday in a statement.
“While none of us can fully understand the depths of their pain, all of us can remember them in our prayers and give them the time and space to deal with this heartbreaking turn of events.”
The Blendon Township police department have asked the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation to look into the shooting.
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I’d like to point out that there’s few times scarier/more life threatening than interacting with a cop - esp as a black person. Something about knowing someone can murder you and people will make excuses for them.
I don’t blame her for driving away at all. Exactly because of the bullshit cops pull- aka their guns. There’s no amount of following directions that will save you if the cop is racist/trigger-happy enough.
I agree with de-escalation training. These events seem to have a common elements.
- Officer tells person to do something.
- They don’t do it.
- Officer repeats request yelling.
- Person ignores request. 5.Officer brings out the gun.
- Person ignores and tries to escape.
- Officer shots.
