Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that CCTV footage has surfaced of a pregnant Ta’kiya Young stealing alcohol moments before she was shot by police.
The officer standing in front of Young’s car is then seen pointing his gun toward her.
“Get out of the f—ing car,” the second officer says.
“No,” Young is heard saying, followed by, “You gonna shoot me?”
“Get out of the car,” the first officer responds while banging on Young’s window with one hand and grabbing the slightly opened window with the other.
Seconds later, Young is seen turning her steering wheel and driving off. A sound is heard, as the officer in front of the car fires into the windshield at close range and moves to the driver’s side.
Police in the US state of Ohio have released body camera footage of a fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman Ta’Kiya Young, which sparked public anger and renewed calls for an end to deadly police violence in the United States.
The footage released on Friday showed the 21-year-old’s killing in a grocery store parking lot in Blendon Township, a suburb of the Ohio state capital, Columbus, on August 24. Authorities said Young’s unborn child did not survive the shooting.
But Young’s family has called the killing “avoidable”, a “gross misuse of power and authority” and a “hateful act”, according to local media reports.
“This incident goes beyond the obvious policy violations that occurred,” the family said in a statement, as reported by the Columbus Dispatch newspaper. “After seeing the video footage of her death, this is clearly a criminal act.”
Blendon Township police officers were in a Kroger’s parking lot assisting a driver who was locked out of her car when a store employee told one of the officers that someone who had allegedly stolen bottles of alcohol was fleeing, Police Chief John Belford said in a statement after the shooting.
The newly released body camera footage reviewed by ABC News shows Young parked in front of the store refusing to leave the vehicle despite repeated orders from police. One officer was on the driver’s side while the other was directly in front of the vehicle.
The video shows the officer on the driver’s side telling Young that she was accused of stealing, which she denie
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