"While it was alleged that Ms. Gao assaulted the officers with her vehicle and that was the reason for the shots being fired, the body-worn camera shows that allegation was not accurate."
"One thing that was very important for the family and for Jasmine was that BART acknowledged that the initial representations, which painted Jasmine as someone who was an aggressor, someone who was trying to hurt the police, that that was not true,"
BART and the family of Jasmine Gao agreed to a $6.75 million settlement after a BART police officer shot Gao in the back at the Union City station parking lot on November 18, 2024. Officers stopped Gao following reports of someone making donuts with a car and then questioned her about license and registration when she prepared to leave. Body-worn camera footage shows Officer Nicolas Poblete firing three times as Gao tried to drive off; the bullet struck her in the back, passing between her heart and a major artery. Gao was hospitalized and survived. BART acknowledged the initial allegation that she assaulted officers was not accurate and that no officer was endangered. The family said the initial story damaged her reputation and caused devastation.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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