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A tragedy unfolded in 2019 in Houston, Texas when a Baytown law officer approached a lady, 44-year-old Pamela Turner, and killed her. Turner’s last words before she was shot five times by the officer were “I’m pregnant.” Now, nearly two years later, the family has filed a death lawsuit against the town and also the officer in judicature.

Today, April 8, would are Turner’s 46th birthday. Turner’s mother, Tamika Palmer has asked everyone to share the video of her daughter’s death so justice could also be served.

Turner’s death was so egregious, Baytown officer Juan Delacruz was indicted last year on charges of assault. The officer’s attorney maintains his client acted in self-defense after fearing for his life. But once we see the video and therefore the facts of the case, this claim becomes laughable.

At the time of her death, Turner was reportedly fighting psychopathy, however, her neighbors and family said she was peaceful and kept to herself, which is why the video of the incident had relations claiming that this shooting was unjustified. over a year later, the justice system finally agreed and commenced to carry Delacruz for his alleged crimes.

“We have faith and trust in our system, and as we await this case to proceed through the legal process, we ask that our community still hold back and have trust and faith in those processes,” the department of local government said after the indictment. “We also ask that our community still have faith and trust within the Baytown local department and therefore the dedicated, professional men and ladies who are committed to serving all members of our community with integrity, compassion, and professionalism.”

While the case moves forward, Delacruz remains gainfully employed with the Baytown local department and has been placed on non-enforcement status. Non-enforcement status means Delacruz isn't working the streets and his police powers are suspended but he still gets paid.

According to police, the officer approached Turner because she allegedly had outstanding warrants, later reported to be for petty misdemeanor accusations.

“Baytown Police Lt. Steve Dorris said a political candidate on patrol saw a 45-year-old woman the officer had had prior encounters with,” CBS News reported at the time. “He knew the girl had outstanding warrants, so he approached her to arrest her.”

Her family says that Turner was on medication for schizophrenia and had a history of mental state.

Despite the officer claiming he had a “history” with Turner, he clearly didn’t try to de-escalate the case when she tried to steer far away from him. Furthermore, he used dangerous escalation tactics on someone affected by schizophrenia—which is usually a terrible idea.

“I’m walking. I’m actually walking to my house,” Turner is heard saying on the video before the officer began to physically accost her. “Ow!” she screams as he grabs her neck.

“You’re actually harassing me,” Turner says because the officer pulls out his taser.

According to police, when Turner tried to run away—otherwise called “resisting” to them—the officer pulled out his taser and shocked her.

Clearly, this did nothing to assist resolve things and only made Turner enter into an excited and panicked state, so she tried to defend herself from her attacker by grabbing at the taser. When she was able to remove the taser from the officer’s hand, he pulled his gun and shot her five times.

“During the course of the attempted arrest, the feminine began scuffling with the officer, which forced the officer to deploy his Taser,” Baytown local department Lt. Steve Dorris said. “That deployment wasn't effective, and therefore the female was able to get the officer’s Taser removed from him. (She) actually tased the officer, which forced the officer to draw his duty weapon and fire multiple rounds at the suspect.”

But documents obtained by Houston Public Media from the town of Baytown via an open records request show that the Taser model Delacruz used was an X26P — a model that's incapable of shooting a second set of darts.

“He absolutely knew that Taser couldn't be fired again without her changing the cartridge,” Turner’s family’s attorney, Ben Crump, told Houston Public Media. “And he didn't need to use deadly force while she contacted her back.”

The last words to depart her mouth before the cop opened fire were, “I’m pregnant.”

It would later be revealed that Turner wasn't pregnant. However, Turner’s sister, Antoinette, told KPRC that the girl had two children in their 20s and three grandchildren.

While police claim Turner tasered the officer, this is often not clear within the video. Also, police noted that the officer wasn't injured. Sadly, we cannot say the identical about Turner.

Witnesses told KPRC that Turner was “not a foul person” and she or he would “just walk around, smoke her cigarettes and walk her dogs.”

This is what she was doing when the officer approached her and ended her life.

“Antoinette also said the officer was Turner’s neighbor and she or he had previously complained about the officer harassing her,” KPRC wrote.

After the video was posted to the net, Lt. Dorris told the media that it had been unfortunate that somebody filmed the incident and uploaded it to social media.

“It’s extremely disrespectful for everyone involved,” Dorris told CBS News. “But that’s the day and age we sleep in with social media.”

However, the family disagrees because it shows that the shooting was likely unnecessary and can function as evidence in an exceeding case against the killer cop. Indeed, without the video below, Delacruz may haven't been indicted.