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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Columbus police shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife Tuesday, according to bodycam footage from the officer who fired the shots just minutes before the verdict in George Floyd’s killing was read.
Officials with the Columbus Division of Police showed a segment of the footage Tuesday night just hours after the shooting took place in a neighborhood on the city’s east side. The decision to swiftly release the video was 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.
Milwaukee community emotional over Chauvin guilty verdict
Emotional reaction to Chauvin verdict felt in Milwaukee
A jury found ex-cop Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in connection to George Floyd s death. The impact of that verdict was felt in Milwaukee, where patrons of a popular barbershop were emotional upon hearing the news.
MILWAUKEE - A jury found ex-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin on April 20 guilty of all counts in connection to the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
The verdict meant a lot to many people as it was watched live around the world including in Milwaukee.
At Gee s Clippers, a Milwaukee barbershop, there was joy and emotion on Tuesday afternoon. Adi Armour of Milwaukee was brought to tears.
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Brooke LaValley - member, The Columbus Dispatch
Police work on the scene Tuesday, April 20, 2021 on the east side of Columbus, Ohio. Police shot and killed a teenage girl, according to newspaper reports. Officers had responded to an attempted stabbing call when police shot the girl.
Brooke LaValley - member, The Columbus Dispatch
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 Tuesday, April 20, 2021 near Legion Lane on the east side of Columbus, Ohio.
The conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was met with a sigh of relief of activists, legislators, US citizens and officials, many of whom have long called for accountability in the killings of unarmed Black people in the country.
It also had many – including US President Joe Biden – asking what comes next, and calling for greater police reform and support for communities of colour.
On social media, many pointed to the initial Minneapolis Police Department’s version of Floyd’s death, which said Floyd died “after a medical incident during a police interaction” and did not mention that Chauvin had kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, as proof of just how precarious police accountability remains in the US.
Bay Area activists, leaders, citizens reflect on justice after Chauvin trial verdicts
Briona Arradondo reports
TAMPA, Fla. - Just less than a year after the world watched videos posted online of George Floyd telling Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin I can’t breathe, citizens, community leaders, and law enforcement are reacting to guilty verdicts in Chauvin’s murder trial.
David Jones, a committee organizer with Tampa Bay Community Action, said the reading of the verdicts felt like a moment to breathe. Rarely do we get these wins especially against officers who murder Black folks, he said. Because we know that in this system Black folks are rarely given the justice that they need especially when they’re murdered by police officers.