A pregnant black woman is killed by a police officer in the United States

Police in the US state of Ohio have released body camera footage of the shooting of a pregnant black woman named Ta'Kiya Young, sparking public outrage and renewed calls for an end to the state's brutal police brutality. that. The film released Friday showed the killing of the 21-year-old in the parking lot of a grocery store in Blendon Township, a suburb of the Ohio state capital, Columbus, on August 24. Authorities said Young's unborn child did not survive the shooting. Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford called the incident a "tragedy" that occurred when police tried to stop Young after he was accused of shoplifting. But Young's family have described the killing as "preventable", an "abusive and gross abuse of power and authority" and an "act of hatred". Protests to complain about the discriminatory killings by the American Police against black people The family of the pregnant woman has continued to explain in a statement as reported by the Columbus Dispatch newspaper that her incident exceeds the level of the most obvious violation of legal action.

 "After seeing the video footage of his death, this is a criminal act", added the statement. The shooting happened when police tried to stop Young's car after he was accused of shoplifting. The woman's family has announced that their daughter Young, who has two other children, was expected to give birth in two months in November. Ramon Obey, the main organizer with the civil rights group People's Justice Project said, the incident has shown that "property is more valuable than the life of a black person." In recent years, the United States has witnessed large-scale protests against police brutality, including the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Human rights defenders have continued to demand that the perpetrators of murder be held accountable and racial discrimination against Blacks be stopped.../