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“I want their badges”: Family of pregnant woman killed by Arvada police officer files lawsuit

Destinee Thompson’s family filed a wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit Tuesday

Francis Thompson and Carmela Delgado, father and step-mother of Destinee Thompson, sit for a portrait in the law offices of Rathod Mohamedbhai in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Destinee Thompson, who was then 27 and pregnant, was killed by Arvada police two years ago when they mistook her for a shoplifting suspect and shot her as she drove away from them. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Francis Thompson and Carmela Delgado, father and step-mother of Destinee Thompson, sit for a portrait in the law offices of Rathod Mohamedbhai in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Destinee Thompson, who was then 27 and pregnant, was killed by Arvada police two years ago when they mistook her for a shoplifting suspect and shot her as she drove away from them. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 4: Shelly Bradbury - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | sbradbury@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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An Arvada police officer shot and killed a pregnant woman after mistaking her for a shoplifting suspect two years ago in an altercation the woman's family now says never should have happened.
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