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   Bodycam footage shows moments before thi   
   02 Sep 23 00:40:38   
   
   XPost: oh.general, rec.autos.driving, alt.niggers   
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   From: remailer@domain.invalid   
      
   Body camera footage showing the moments before the fatal shooting   
   last week of a pregnant woman by an Ohio police officer was released   
   Friday.   
      
   Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting and confronted by   
   two police officers in an Ohio grocery store parking lot on Aug. 24.   
   After repeatedly being asked to get out of her vehicle by the two   
   officers, one of whom pointed a gun at her, Young slowly accelerated   
   her car toward an officer, who police said was struck.   
      
   An officer fired through her windshield and Young was pronounced   
   dead shortly before 7:45 p.m., according to the Franklin County   
   Coroner’s Office.   
      
   The body camera video, which Young's family viewed before its   
   release Friday morning, shows an officer approach a car with Young   
   in the driver's seat.   
      
   "Out of the car," the officer can be heard saying multiple times.   
      
   "For what?" Young asks.   
      
   "They said you stole stuff. Do not leave," he responds.   
      
   A second officer then stands in front of Young’s car, puts his hand   
   on the hood, and eventually points his gun at her through the front   
   windshield.   
      
   "I didn't steal s---," Young says.   
      
   "Then get out," the first officer says.   
      
   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.   
      
   It's not clear where Young was shot. A scream is heard as the car   
   continues to drive away at a slow speed.   
      
   "Shots fired!" the first officer is heard saying. "Stop the God d--m   
   car!"   
      
   The second officer appears to attempt to steer or stop the car until   
   it hits the facade of the grocery store.   
      
   The officers then break the driver's window, and the footage comes   
   to an end.   
      
   The officers called emergency services seconds after getting her out   
   of the car and attempted to help Young by applying a seal to her   
   wound to stop the bleeding, Blendon Township Police Chief John   
   Belford said in a statement.   
      
   In a statement, Young's family and their lawyer said the shooting   
   "is clearly a criminal act" and demanded "a swift indictment" of the   
   officer who shot her.   
      
   "Having viewed the footage in its entirety, it is undeniable that   
   Ta’Kiya’s death was not only avoidable, but also a gross misuse of   
   power and authority," the statement read. "As if the pain of losing   
   Ta’Kiya isn’t enough, we must grapple with the knowledge that her   
   unborn daughter was also robbed of her life in this hateful act."   
      
   Young "was a beacon of love, strength, and energy to all who knew   
   her," her family said.   
      
   "Her tragic passing has left a void that words can’t describe,   
   especially for her two young sons, who must now grow up without the   
   love and guidance of their mother, and while coming to understand   
   the circumstances that led to her homicide," the statement read.   
      
   The officer who fired the shot has been placed on administrative   
   leave. The other officer was initially also placed on administrative   
   leave but returned to duty after Belford viewed body camera footage   
   and saw no reason to keep him on leave, he said.   
      
   Both officers involved in the incident have not been identified.   
      
   In a statement, Belford said Young drove her car directly into one   
   of the officers and he "fired a single shot through the windshield,"   
   which led to her death. According to Belford, the officer is a   
   victim of attempted vehicular assault.   
      
   Young also drove away while part of the other officer's arm was in   
   the driver's side window, making him a victim of misdemeanor   
   assault, Belford said. As Young attempted to drive away, the   
   officer's fingers were grabbing the window, the footage shows.   
      
   Because Young is dead, charges can't be filed, but the crime victim   
   status of both officers remain, Belford said.   
      
   "This was a tragedy," Belford said. "Ms. Young’s family is   
   understandably very upset and grieving. 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 Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the   
   shooting. They did not immediately respond to requests for comment.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bodycam-footage-shows-moments-   
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