Police Who Killed Black Pregnant Lady Charged To Court On Six Counts

 

Twenty-one-year pregnant black woman Young was six months pregnant when she was killed by the police her pregnancy could not be saved.

The police officer who shot and killed a pregnant woman from Ohio who was driving a car toward him has been indicted and charged with murder.

Twenty-nine years old Connor Grubb has been charged in the August 24 murder of Ta'Kiya the attorney representing Young's family, Sean Walton, said in a statement that the indictment was a step toward police accountability, the Columbus Dispatch reports.

"Ta'Kiya’s life and that of her daughter were extinguished in an act of brutality, becoming yet another symbol of the urgent need for reform in police conduct and accountability," he told reporters.

Grubb has been charged with four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, and two counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from last year's shooting.

The incident began when a Kroger employee allegedly spotted Young and several other people stealing bottles of liquor from the grocery store. Blendon Township police officers were already in the parking lot helping a woman who had locked her keys in her car when the employee spotted them and asked them for help stopping Young.

Bodycam footage released by the police department shows two officers standing near Young's car; one officer next to her driver side window, and Grubb, who stood in front of her car.

The officer next to Young's window gives her multiple orders to roll down her window and turn off her car.