Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police | CNN
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The Blendon Township, Ohio police department released bodycam footage of an officer-involved shooting that took the life of Ta’Kiya Young. Young was accused of shoplifting by an employee and tried to leave the scene. CNN’s Miguel Marquez reports.

Somehow this is the only country on earth where this seems to happen. When talking about shootings involving guns, okay, fine, the US is certainly an outlier there, but every country has cars and police.

This is murder.

  • infyrin@lemmy.world
    246·
    10 months ago

    I saw the video hours ago and yeah that officer really overstepped himself here. I’ve watched a lot of bodycam videos and some chases and more times - officers got the fuck out of the way when any vehicle was heading towards them. Smart officers shoot tires and use resourceful means to negate the criminal. Aggressive gun-happy officers just shoot away.

    • 🖖USS-Ethernet@startrek.website
      242·
      10 months ago

      No one should be shooting at tires, that isn’t as easy as they make it in the movies (in this case yes it would have been). However, you should NEVER point a gun at something you do not intend to kill.

      • cowpowered@lemm.ee
        143·
        10 months ago

        Yeah and let’s not forget this was simple shoplifting. A crime, sure, but not nearly one serious enough to start shooting at a fleeing suspect. Just let her go and issue a warrant.