Police who fatally shot a pregnant woman are sued by her family in Colorado

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Police who fatally shot a pregnant woman are sued by her family in Colorado
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Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in August 2021 when Colorado police, mistaking her for a robbery suspect, fatally shot the pregnant mother as she fled in her minivan.

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Funny how "fatally shot" takes the sting out of "gunned down" or "killed".

"Murdered Two Innocent People." Allegedly. But also actually.

And it's so easy to get around that too. Just say "the Police killed a woman..." That is an absolute fact. Not saying murder which is a crime that they haven't yet been found guilty of.

Officer-adjacent ballistic event resulted in a cessation of vitality in a non-suspect personage

They take your life in the street, then they take your humanity at the press conference.