Police in a Columbus suburb fatally shot a pregnant woman in an Ohio supermarket parking lot after she accelerated her car toward an officer, police officials said.

Ta’Kiya Young, 21, of Columbus, died Thursday evening in Blendon.

  • Risk@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Maybe, get out of the way? Like police officers in civilised societies?

    If a car is going fast enough to endanger you, killing the driver will not stop the car.

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      1 year ago

      Personally, the first thing I’d do if a car was moving dangerously fast toward me is to stand still, draw my weapon, and fire at it.

        • Can_you_change_your_username@kbin.social
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          No, they are small and, from the front, almost completely covered. If you for some reason have to stop a car charging at you and you don’t have a high enough caliber rifle to kill the engine then the driver is your only real option. The better options are to not get in front of the car in the first place or to move expeditiously out of the car’s path. Even if you get the diver to stop accelerating that doesn’t stop the car, it’s momentum will continue to carry it towards you so shooting the driver isn’t a way to save yourself but it is your best chance of stopping the car.