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21 year old pregnant woman shot dead by US police officer

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

11:42 2 Sep 2023


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21 year old Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn daughter were killed in her car in Ohio.

The family of a young, black, pregnant woman, shot dead by a US police officer are demanding he's fired and charged.

US authorities have released a video of what happened when 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young was killed in her car in Ohio.

Ta'Kiya and her unborn daughter died, after a police officer fired at her through her car windscreen.

She'd been refusing to get out of the vehicle after being accused of theft.

Her relatives deny claims she had been stealing, and say the shooting was a "gross misuse of power".

Lawyer Petra Aaron thinks police could have responded very differently:

'You have no mention of a weapon.'

'You could've followed her, you already know what car she's in.' 

'You could have gone after her later.' 

 


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