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“I want the world to know that Ma’Khia was beautiful,” the teen’s mother, CNN in an interview last week. “She had a sweet little voice. Oh my gosh, she was just so talented. She was … on the path to going many places, definitely.”  Don Bryant and Deja Torrence, cousins of Ma’Khia, told CNN the 16-year-old was “a good student, a good person,” and that her life was cut short by “disproportionate and unjustified use of force.”  Body camera footage of the teen’s shooting death was released and protests broke out in the city, which has seen several police-involved sh...

“I want the world to know that Ma’Khia was beautiful,” the teen’s mother, CNN in an interview last week. “She had a sweet little voice. Oh my gosh, she was just so talented. She was … on the path to going many places, definitely.”  Don Bryant and Deja Torrence, cousins of Ma’Khia, told CNN the 16-year-old was “a good student, a good person,” and that her life was cut short by “disproportionate and unjustified use of force.”  Body camera footage of the teen’s shooting death was released and protests broke out in the city, which has seen several police-involved sh...

Updated: Apr 26 2021, 11:07 ET A FLORIDA Democrat said the cop "responded as he was trained to do" in the shooting death of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant. Rep Val Demings, a former police chief in Orlando, said Nicholas Reardon seemed to act "with the main thought of preventing a tragedy and a loss of life of the person who was about to be assaulted" on Sunday. 4 4 The 16-year-old got into an altercation with another young woman in Columbus, Ohio.Credit: Makhia Bryant/Facebook Speaking on CBS’ Face the Nation, Demings said that officers at the scene don’t see the whole thing play out in slo...

Updated: Apr 24 2021, 21:07 ET Invalid Date, USE-of-force expert Seth Stoughton said that the cop who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant had no other option but to use deadly force against the teen. “With the caveat that I only know what is shown on the video, I don’t see any clear options or alternatives that were available to the officer,” Seth Stoughton told the Columbus Dispatch. Police officer Nicholas Reardon was criticized for not using different methods to disarm the teen and de-escalate the situation instead of using a firearm.  However, Stoughton thinks that events of the incide...

Updated: Apr 24 2021, 0:21 ET Invalid Date, MA'KHIA Bryant’s family is filing a lawsuit demanding justice for the dead teenager who was shot by the police in Columbus, Ohio, it has been claimed. Bryant’s cousin Deja Torrence told Insider on Friday that her mother Hazel Bryant - Ma'Khia's aunt - and Ma’Khia’s mother Paula Bryant are considering legal action. The family is reportedly in talks with a lawyer. ."Someone has to be held accountable," Torrence said. "The family just doesn't want this to be another senseless killing that goes under the rug and gets overlooked." Torrence di...