As Chauvin Verdict Was Read, Police Killed Black Ohio Teen MaâKhia Bryant
Black Lives Matter activists form a line across from a line of police to protest the police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant on April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio.
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911 operators received a call at 4:35 pm, reported
The Columbus Dispatch. Police responded, and 10 minutes after that call was made, police shot Bryant four times. She was pronounced dead at 5:21 pm.
Hazel Bryant, MaâKhia Bryantâs aunt, spoke with a number of news outlets about the killing of her niece. She said MaâKhia had made the 911 call and grabbed a knife in self defense after an altercation with someone else at her home left her feeling unsafe.