Video: Bodycam Footage Shows US Cop Shooting, Killing Pregnant Black Woman
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The officers have been placed on paid administrative leave while the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations is investigating the incident.
A bodycam video released by Ohio police in the United States shows a cop shooting a black pregnant woman as she refuses to leave the car. The incident took place on August 24 and 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young died after being shot inside her car, as per a report in the New York Post. The police officers were questioning the woman about an incident of alleged theft, the outlet further said.
In the video shared by the Blendon Township Police Department, the woman is seen seated in her black sedan while an officer repeatedly asks her to "get out of the car". She questions why she should do the same and said "I'm not going to do that." The cop adds, "They said you stole stuff, do not leave." Ms Young replies, "I didn't do s***, the other girls was taking (stuff)".
