By FARNOUSH AMIRI | Report for America/Associated Press Apr 21, 2021
Apr 21, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â 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 â causing outrage by some over the continued use of lethal force by Columbus police.
Officials with the Columbus Division of Police released footage of the shooting Tuesday night just hours after it happened, a departure from protocol as the force faces immense scrutiny from the public following a series of recent high-profile police killings that have led to clashes.
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Ohio police officer fatally shoots teenage girl swinging knife
21 Apr, 2021 10:19 AM
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Bodycam video shows a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot. Photo / AP
Bodycam video shows a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot. Photo / AP
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By: Farnoush Amiri, Ryan Kryska
Columbus police shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), according to bodycam footage from the officer who fired the shots just minutes before the verdict in George Floyd s killing was read.
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Hazel Washington is embraced after addressing a crowd with her anger at the Columbus Police at the shooting of her niece following a fatal police shooting on Apr 20, 2021. (Photo: AP/Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch)
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COLUMBUS: Police shot and killed a teenage girl on Tuesday (Apr 20) afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.
Police showed bodycam footage Tuesday night at a news conference of the officer shooting the girl as she appeared to attempt to stab two people with a knife.
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Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.
Police showed bodycam footage Tuesday night at a news conference of the officer shooting the girl as she appeared to attempt to stab two people with a knife.
A black-handled blade resembling a kitchen knife or steak knife appeared to be lying on the sidewalk next to her immediately after she fell.