Posted on 05/31/2022 2:22:01 AM PDT by Morgana
Kansas City police shot a black woman who was reportedly pregnant multiple times as they searched for a stolen vehicle on Friday.
Authorities say officers in two cars were following up on a call about an armed carjacking just before 8pm on Friday, after dispatchers provided the officers with a description of the vehicle and license plate.
The officers then apparently spotted the vehicle with two suspects inside at the parking lot of a Family Dollar store at Sixth and Prospect Avenues in Kansas City, and approached it.
At that point, authorities say, the male driver fled northeast as two officers pursued, and 26-year-old Leonna Hale stepped out of the car and allegedly told officers there was a gun in the car.
Two officers proceeded to fire at Hale, authorities say, and she suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital - where she is reportedly in stable condition.
Video taken by a witness nearby showed her lying on the ground in a pool of blood as more officers arrived on the scene - and one handcuffed her.
The woman who took the video, who only identified herself as Shedanja to the Kansas City Star, said Hale had her hands up and informed the officers at the scene that she was pregnant before they shot.
The male suspect, who has not yet been named, meanwhile, was also brought to a local hospital for an unrelated medical issue, KCTV reports.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is now investigating the shooting, as it is protocol for an outside agency to investigate officer-involved shootings and, FOX 4 reports, the two officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave.
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“said Hale had her hands up and informed the officers at the scene that she was pregnant”
So? We all know criminals never lie, but it is irrelevant if she was pregnant or not. Either she threatened police with a weapon or she did not. That is what matters.
There was a Cops episode where the suspect led the cops on a wild foot chase for close to a mile.
After he got tired enough to stop running and both cops and the suspect are totally out of breath and panting, the suspect informed the cops to take it easy on him because he had been suffering from a broken leg.
;-)
That’s funny.
I get it, however, Sixth and Prospect is a war zone in KC.
These days, the best way to avoid being arrested is to be black.
The cops are terrified to arrest black folk, at least in the blue cities.
So instead they shoot them? Arresting might be better.
“Motto of the story: Don’t be black or pregnant
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Certainly not around police.”
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Video doesn’t lie…although she is black, she is certainly armed and may well not be pregnant. See image at link.
That video came out after I posted. Based on that it appears the police were justified in their use of deadly force. Let the legal process run its course.
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