Tarika Wilson

Tarika Wilson, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot on January 4, 2008, by Lima, Ohio, police officer Joseph Chavalia during a raid on her home. Wilson was unarmed and holding her one-year-old son when she was killed. The police were targeting her boyfriend, Anthony Terry, who was suspected of drug dealing. When the police broke down the front door and entered the house, Wilson sheltered in a bedroom with her six young children. Officer Chavalia mistook the sound of his fellow ...

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Tarika Wilson (1981-2008) •