Bodycam video shows Ohio police fatally shooting pregnant black woman ( www.bbc.com )

Less than one minute. The police weren’t even called there for her, they were in the parking lot for an “unrelated call.” And why was an officer standing in front of her car leaning on the hood holding a gun in her face in the first place? There are so many things wrong with this.

violetsareblue ,

I’d like to point out that there’s few times scarier/more life threatening than interacting with a cop - esp as a black person. Something about knowing someone can murder you and people will make excuses for them.

I don’t blame her for driving away at all. Exactly because of the bullshit cops pull- aka their guns. There’s no amount of following directions that will save you if the cop is racist/trigger-happy enough.

BigTrout75 ,

I agree with de-escalation training. These events seem to have a common elements.

  1. Officer tells person to do something.
  2. They don’t do it.
  3. Officer repeats request yelling.
  4. Person ignores request. 5.Officer brings out the gun.
  5. Person ignores and tries to escape.
  6. Officer shots.
LDPanda ,
@LDPanda@lemmy.ml avatar

OK, I get that she was driving away and it might have been at an officer hard to get all the views when one’s dead. Anyway, 1 He could have easily stepped aside and got the make, model, and tag etc so as to not escalate the situation 2 How the fuck is step 2 shoot to kill. Could’ve shot the radiator or a tire or you know not fired a gun. This is why shit’s so messed up, there’s no middle ground you’re either complying with them or you’re a deadly threat nothing in between. De-Escalation training needs to be mandatory every few months.

Sharpiemarker ,

The question for me is, is a couple hundred Dollars of alcohol or groceries worth someone’s life? Why not let her go and pursue charges against her rather than executing her in the parking lot?

StringTheory OP ,

In a video statement a day after the shooting, Belford said two officers were helping someone get into a locked car when a supermarket employee told them several people were leaving with stolen items. pbs.org/…/police-fatally-shooting-a-pregnant-blac…

I have a hard time seeing a 7-months pregnant woman being part of a gang of thieves and running from a store with her arms full of bottles of alcohol.

And if she was part of the gang, you record her license plate and get the security camera pictures and call her in. What the hell are cops being taught?

jarfil ,
@jarfil@beehaw.org avatar

7-months pregnant woman being part of a gang of thieves

That’s possibly the only part of this that I could understand: some people use the “fake pregnant” or “fake obese” strategy to fit in more stuff under their clothes… so just by seeing someone who “looks like” they’re pregnant, you can’t “rule out” them being a thief.

Shooting even a confirmed thief, still isn’t justified.

Seathru ,

What the hell are cops being taught?

slate.com/…/warrior-cop-class-dave-grossman-killo…

Melkath ,

Cocaine. Meth. Steroids. Affiliations with nazi organizations.

95 percent of cops.

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