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Bodycam video shows Ohio police fatally shooting pregnant black woman (www.bbc.com)

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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.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

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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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