US: Police kill Ma Khia Bryant, 16, who attacked 2 with knife
The teenager s shooting came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd’s killing causing outrage by some over the continued use of lethal force by Columbus police.
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Image from police bodycam video a teenage girl, foreground, who appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer. (Photo | AP) By PTI
COLUMBUS, OHIO: The fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, a Black teenager seen on video charging at two people with a knife, came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd’s killing causing outrage by some over the continued use of lethal force by Columbus police.
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called the shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant by Columbus police on Tuesday as being a tragic situation because she was just a child when asked about the incident during Wednesday s press briefing. We re thinking of her friends and family and the communities that are hurting and grieving her loss. We know that police violence disproportionately impacts black and Latino people in communities and that black women and girls, like black men and boys, experience higher rates of police violence. We also know that there are particular vulnerabilities that children in foster care like Ma’Khia faced and her death came, as you noted, just as America was hopeful of a step forward after the traumatic and exhausting trial of Derek Chauvin and the verdict that was reached. So our focus is on working to address systemic racism, and implicit explicit bias head-on and, of course, to passing laws and le
City and state leaders are encouraging the public to let the investigation play out. Author: Will Ujek, Dave Dino DeNatale Published: 4:05 PM EDT April 21, 2021 Updated: 5:30 PM EDT April 21, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio While Columbus city leaders held a briefing on Wednesday to show more bodycam footage and play the 9-1-1 calls leading up to the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old by police, the mother of Ma’khia Bryant is understandably hurting and desperate for answers.
“I don’t know all the details about what happened here today (Tuesday), but it needs to stop. Policies and procedures need to be in effect,” said Paula Bryant. “I’m hurt and I want answers.”