Reason First: Trial continues for officer charged with shooting pregnant Black woman accused of shoplifting

Firstly, this is not a double homicide case. Instead it is a murder trial. The woman, already a mother to two sons. Ta'Kiya Young, 21, carried a child but the growth never individuated from her. Now, given the facts of the case, it appears as if the officer Connor Grubb is guilty.

Along with his fellow officer, who is not implicated in the case, Grubb allegedly showed excessive force. For the offier’s part, he maintains that he felt threatened when Young motioned that she would drive away from the scene.

That decision proved fatal. Grubb sent a bullet through the windshield of Young’s vehicle. The two officers quickly administered aid, but Young had perished in the process. But she died, the growth inside her never had a chance to live.

Grubb had been placed on administrative status with pay until the cold bracelets of justice wrapped around his wrists.

The 31-year-old cop found himself in the Columbus, Ohio parking lot trying to address suspicion that Young had stolen a bottle of liquor from a grocery store.

With the help of body cam footage, the idea of establishing whether Grubb had been justified in using force against the would-have-been mother.

Here lies the interesting point. There have been people begging in the streets to provide justice for Young. But what about mercy for Grubb? His supposed guilt should be wiped clean by God, right?

That old saw “no justice, no peace” only applies to a few. Why not “just mercy.”? Now, Grubb could be a real monster. It is up to the jury to determine that.

He, however, should be thought of as someone who should be forgiven based on the ideas of most people in the Black community. For a case where a white male cop shot a pregnant black woman, this should be a situation where folks might pray for grace and mercy to outweigh justice, no?

Young had been accused of weaponizing her car and trying to run over Grubb. Mentions of the vehicle striking the officer’s legs cropped in the case. But isn’t it obvious that Young had been focused on leaving the space and not worrying about being killed as a consequence?

As the trial continues, the whole situation is one fraught with severity. If Grubb continues on his course of not guilty, the prosecution will have to work the case like a chicken bone. The reality of the case shows how interesting it is for the emotional response to pervade the jurors’ minds.

The fact Young had been so well, young and an expectant mother, the defense will have to overcome those feelings attached to the proceedings.

If all you can argue is she was touched with youth, about six months pregnant, and just trying to go home, then they might wear thin. Grubb doesn’t look like an angel but he might have the camera footage on his side. Common sense, though, only demonstrates how there exist multiple elements to this particular story.

When one considers how vicious this whole thing appears, It should bring together all of the thinking and never the emotion. The former is the result of reasoning while the latter is a specific sense of awareness prompted by stimuli.

This Columbus situation should be thought of as a way for people to better understand the difference between forgiving and sometimes forgetting or sometimes doing both. It is about the idea of finding guilt based on absolute evidence beyond a shadow of doubt.

Young never thought she’d be gunned down by an officer after returning from the shopping market. Who does? It takes a great deal of hubris to say you’re immune to a policeman’s force. Young may have never had the chance to avoid the disaster.