Shot dead in her car by the police. The shocking video is igniting America. The woman was African-American and pregnant. The episode took place in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. The video was recorded by the body camera of one of the police officers who ordered the woman to get out of the car after being accused of shoplifting at a supermarket. Takiya Young, this is the name of the victim, 21 years old, who died in the hospital.
WATCH: A 21-year-old pregnant woman, TaKiya Young, was shot and killed by a police officer in a Kroger parking lot in Ohio.
She was accosted by police after a Kroger store employee accused her of shoplifting. Young allegedly drove towards the officer, prompting him to open… pic.twitter.com/QNZYEgyhik
– Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) September 2, 2023
“They said you stole something… get out of the car,” one of the police officers told the girl several times. “I didn’t steal anything”, replies the young woman while, with the window ajar, she walks slowly in the car. At a certain point in the video, a shot is heard breaking the windshield. The car approaches the sidewalk, the police call for help but the girl is going to die in the hospital. An investigation has been opened.
Source: IL Tempo
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