Shooting of Ta'Kiya Young

It is usually someone who disobeys a legitimate Law enforcement request, Stay in the Vehicle, Show me your hands, Stop etc. George Floyd was an exception.

I was stopped one time while driving in the US. Followed a friends advice. Before the officer approached from behind my left shoulder I rolled down the window and I put my hands on top of the steering wheel, fingers spread. This helps the officer relax because he /she now knows I don't have a gun pointed through the door at him. It is a very simple thing to do, anything to deescalate the situation. When he asked for my license I said " it is in my wallet in my back right pocket, may I reach back for it?" It can be that simple.

Windows up, scream at the officer and attempt to drive across them usually has bad results.

What has the color of the cops got to do with it?? That is Racism.

Shooting a shoplifter seems over the top, shooting someone who drives a car at a police officer seems reasonable.

What part of shooting an unarmed pregnant woman is anywhere reasonable for crying out loud

So is a cop with a 9mm pistol.

There was zero justification for shooting of this pregnant woman.

I know you're all about cops in America being racist etc etc but sometimes it's nothing to do with that. Sometimes it is.

In a split second decision, when someone is driving a lethal weapon at you, you do what you can to stop the threat. That's policing.

The moral is, when police are questioning you, don't drive a car at them.

They regularly gun down white and Hispanic people too. If a person of any race refuses to exit their vehicle and then drives a car at a police officer, they're more than likely getting shot.

Yeah. I was wondering about that. It seems a bit daft to put one's self in front of a moving vehicle. I've seen it in movies and it looks cool and all but it seems like a bonkers thing to do n real life. It has strong "He's coming right for us!" vibes.

SHe wasn't driving towards him at 80mph, she actually turned the wheel, as to slowly move away from the standing cop, either way death was too far a step to take, cop had a choice, take a step out of the way, or kill her, he killed her, doesn't seem like a good choice, as car kept moving, and he then stepped out of the way/

If someone doesn't follow direction, then they drive off, it doesn't give you the right to murder them, you simply take their reg, or follow them in police car, pick them up later. What is the issue, happens daily here, people driving off from police, they simply follow them, not murder them.

Does jumping in front of a moving car seem reasonable???

He didnt jump in front of a moving car though? He was standing in front of a stationary car that was then rolled towards him. I mean he probably shouldn't have been standing in front of it but who thinks driving towards a police officer like that is in any way reasonable and not going to escalate things to your detriment?

Some people on various sites have said this woman did not have the items she was accused of stealing. Some have commented that she was turning her car away from the cop. Some say this was a racially motivated shooting and the woman was murdered. However there are a number of facts in that seem to be ignored in all of this.

1. The cops gave a lawful order for wanting the woman out of the car, it was to carry out their investigation into weather she actually left the shop with the items she was accused on taking. At this point the cops had no way to know or not if the items were left in the store as some claim.
2. The woman then drove her car at the cop that was on her front bumper to stop her fleeing the scene, he and colleague opened fire on her when the cop was assaulted with the car, a car that can be a deadly weapon in any ones hands. They opened fire based on this and first cop being on the bonnet of the car.
3. If as some say the woman should have been allowed to drive off due to her fearing for her safety, then instead of containing the situation they may have had a dangerous high speed chase to deal with where more innocent bystanders could have been injured or killed. Again another reason for the cop to stand his ground on front of the car and eventually opening fire on her.
4. Her skin color or her being pregnant has nothing to do with the fact she committed assault on a cop, targeting of the wheels as some have suggested is nonsense as you can in turn make that dangerous weapon (car) more dangerous by being uncontrollable from shooting our tyres and increasing the odds she could crash.

At the end of the day this woman fucked up, badly and the consequence was her life is forfeit for her actions, some may say that is callous to say, however what about the cop that could have been injured or killed, what about his family? Or innocent bystanders families that could have been affected if she got into a high speed get away?

Also anyone that compares this to George Floyd situation needs their heads examined.

Race, death, America - ideal for boards.

To be fair you aren't black.

Complying with police officers when you are still does not guarantee you won't be shot or beaten to death. How many examples do you want?

Anyway, sounds like you broke an actual law by speeding, she didn't steal anything from the shop. So no law was broken, Police did not need to be there.

Quick let's kill her just in case she makes us chase after her and kill some bystanders in the process. There is literally no other option.

BS

But in this case an unarmed pregnant woman committed no crime and was executed by a cop who had Zero evidence she committed any crime ,

I don't think any of 'cause celebre' videos of shootings of black people by US police involving genuinely cooperating suspects - Saint George Floyd included. Perhaps if they weren't committing crimes and just did what they were asked they wouldn't end up dead.

This video is the only one I've seen (not that I'm a connoisseur of this type of material) which genuinely shocked me - cop walked free but, hey, noone cares because the dead guy was white:

https://youtu.be/VBUUx0jUKxc