"The Ohio police officer who shot and killed Ta'Kiya Young was acquitted Friday on all counts, including murder. Young was an excited mom of two little boys, and pregnant with her first daughter, when she encountered Connor Grubb at a Kroger supermarket parking lot on Aug. 24, 2023. She was accused of shoplifting by a store employee and tried to flee the parking lot in her car, according to police body camera footage. A single shot was fired."
"On Friday, Young's grandmother, Nadine Young, collapsed into sobs at the decision, shouting "It's not right! This is not right!" Sean Walton, an attorney for the Young family, called the outcome "an American tragedy," lamenting what he said is a dual system of justice in the U.S., according to the Associated Press."
"Last year, a Franklin County grand jury indicted Grubb on four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, and two counts of involuntary manslaughter after evaluating evidence for two days, prosecutors said. Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford said in a video statement that his "disciplinary process" began. Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney Mat Heck Jr.'s office was called in by Franklin County's outgoing chief prosecutor, Anthony Pierson, to handle Young's case."
An Ohio police officer was acquitted on all counts, including murder, for the fatal shooting of Ta'Kiya Young. Young, 21, was a mother of two and pregnant when she encountered Connor Grubb at a Kroger parking lot on Aug. 24, 2023. A store employee accused her of shoplifting; she attempted to flee in her car and a single shot was fired, killing her. Young died 23 days after her 21st birthday and her unborn baby was due in November 2023. Family members reacted with grief and outrage, and attorneys called the outcome an "American tragedy." The family's legal team vowed to continue in civil court, and her estate sued the township and police chief; a grand jury had previously indicted Grubb and county prosecutors were brought in while the township chief said a disciplinary process began.
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