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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I wish reporters would flip this on the cops. "Two officers, with no active warrants, killed a woman."

Go even further.

Two officers, one of which had 7 public complaints in their file, killed an unarmed pregnant women

Unfortunately if they write like this they get no more tips from the police. So they act out of self interest and always write middling headlines

Two officers, with two active affairs for abuse of power, killed a women

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