Posted on 09/01/2023 3:14:54 PM PDT by grundle
Associated Press video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VesUUuaZnw
Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting and confronted by two police officers in an Ohio grocery store parking lot.
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.
> Watch the video. <
I did. Either something is missing from that video or I’m getting older. I can’t tell where the cop who fired the shot was standing when he shot the driver.
If he was standing in front of the car, it’s self-defense.
If he was standing off to the side, it’s murder.
Side note: There were two cops on-scene. In the video, one cop is well on the side of car. Was he the one who fired the shot? Or was he the other cop?
But will we know if they found evidence of shoplifting?
Yeah; shop like they do in CA; free sh$t for everybody! NO arrests or prosecution, either.
Shoplifting is THEFT, probably caught on surveillance video, but it will be all about the catch-all "over-reaction by police", even though the perp, in this case, attempted to run over the officer with her car.
In Ohio, we have a Stand Your Ground environment, and no obligation to retreat, when attacked.
For the bleeding hearts, and "woke", it's ALWAYS they "dint do nuffin'" and "over-reaction by police", whenever laws are broken.
Time to start culling the herd, 3ven over fast-food-dis-satisfaction riots.......no repeat offenders, and a message to the law-breaking-way-of-lifers.
What part of ‘get out of the car’ do you not understand?
Shoppers, store owners and policemen are fed up with shoplifting……also called stealing
Well said, Sir.
Looks like a shot through the windshield by the cop standing in front of the vehicle. What a world we have created...
’L’ing up on a suspect is procedure in many instances. One cop at the door, one 90 degrees away. Both are in good position to shoot if necessary and a perp has to divide his attention in different directions.
Both cops had body cams. The one cop positioned himself in front of the car specifically to keep her from driving off with the other cops arm still in the window.
All she needed to do to stay alive was NOT try to run someone over.
He was. Directly in front with one hand on the hood.
BZZZZZZZZZZZtttttttt........WRONG
It's not murder to defend your partner's life, when he's being assaulted by a deadly weapon,.
Nice try.
LOL
Maybe she was “tired”
Polices seem to like that getting in front of the car. Any movement is an excuse to open fire for some of them.
If the goal is to prevent the car from moving, provide them with quick to deploy wheel stops. No one, cop or perp will be in danger if the car is immobilized.
Nothing ‘tragic’ about FAFO...
The perp made a deliberate decision to drive her vehicle into a police officer, after being lawfully ordered to exit the car.
Is there a word for ‘consequences’ in ebonics?
I tend to agree with you. It’s not like they didn’t know who she was, where she lived, and what she drove. She wasn’t “getting away” with anything.
While I appreciate them taking a stand against shoplifting…this response was WAY over the top. Standing in front of a car like that is not a good plan. Even if you are pulling a weapon on a scene that did not seem to call for it.
There might be a bunch of extenuating circumstances, prior encounters, or stuff we did not see in the video. That is why they do investigations. However, I doubt that drawing your pistol on a shoplifter is part of their policy.
assault with a deadly woman.
FAFO
I go with the cops on this one. Should have just gotten out of the car. If the cops were out of line, she would have had lawyers jumping at the chance to represent her.
> It’s not murder to defend your partner’s life, when he’s being assaulted by a deadly weapon <
Well, sure. No argument there. My concern relates to the “being assaulted” part. If one of the cops was in front of the car the instant the bullet was fired, then it was a good shoot. It doesn’t matter which cop fired the shot.
But if the cop who had been struck by the car had already moved off to the side, then he was no longer in danger. And so it was a bad shoot.
As I noted earlier, I can’t tell from the video which of the two possibilities it was.
And she could have chosen not to steal!
I know, I know, “she was only shoplifting.”
Think along the same lines as Rudy Giullani’s broken windows scenario.
This is how these $950.00 thefts began.
It starts by ignoring or not arresting for the little things.
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