Days after a pregnant black woman was shot dead by a US cop in Ohio, Police have released the bodycam footage of the fatal shooting.
The video shows a cop shooting a pregnant black woman who reportedly refused to leave her car. The incident happened on August 24, and the woman, 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young, passed away after being shot inside her car. The police were talking to her about a reported theft incident, as reported by the New York Times.
In the video shared by the Blendon Township Police Department, the woman is seen sitting in her black car. An officer keeps asking her to "get out of the car." She then asks why she should do that and says, "I'm not going to do that." The officer tells her, "They said you stole stuff, do not leave." Ms. Young responds, "I didn't do anything wrong, the other girls were taking things."
The video further shows a woman trying to speed up, and just then one of the cops standing in front of her car fires a shot.
Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn child could not survive the gunshot and died inside the car, the cops said, adding they tried to save both.
Meanwhile, Young's grieving family has issued a statement and termed the shooting as a misuse of power.