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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephen Starr

US police involved in fatal incidents use victims privacy law to hide their identity

a person sitting near a building
The Franklin county common pleas courthouse in Columbus, Ohio. Photograph: Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos/AP

For months, Ohio police officer Connor Grubb and his department attempted to hide his identity following an incident in which he shot and killed Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn daughter in a Kroger parking lot outside Columbus in August 2023.

Grubb, who on 21 November was acquitted of murder and other charges, claimed that Young, who was stopped for allegedly stealing, attempted to drive over him – which would make him a victim of a crime and eligible to protect his identity from public view through a legal provision called Marsy’s Law. Police footage of the killing shows Young slowly driving the car forward and to the right before Grubb fires through the windshield and into Young’s chest.

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