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Hundreds gather for Black Lives Matter protest - bringing central Columbus to a standstill as they hold 16-minute silence over the shooting of MaKhia Bryant Around 200 people gathered in Goodale Park on Sunday in the latest protest over the death of MaKhia Bryant Bryant, 16, was shot and killed by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday afternoon Demonstrators on Sunday blocked traffic at an intersection and held a 16 minute silence - one for every year of Bryants life They are demanding ...

Flanked by members of Bryants family, organizer Hana Abdur-Rahim struck a somber tone before those gathered on a sunny April Sunday afternoon. "Today we are here to continue to lift up the life of MaKhia Bryant," she told the crowd. "I dont need a video to know she was a child and she deserved to live." She then introduced a woman named Myra Duke who said she was Bryants aunt. Speaking to the crowd, Duke thanked them for their dedication to her niece and expressed how sorely the girls family mi...