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MANSFIELD - Ma'Khia Bryant's grandmother wants people to know about her. Bryant, 16, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Columbus police officer. About 25 people gathered Saturday afternoon on the downtown square for a rally organized by the Mansfield Peace Coalition. "My name for her (Ma'Khia) was Beautiful," Debra Bryant Wilcox said. "She was a timid child. It was hard for her to fight back. She got bullied a lot." The video of Tuesday's incident shows officer Nicholas Reardon exiting his cruiser and approaching a group of people involved in an altercation. As seen on the body-camera...

"It's one step closer to realizing that our lives do matter as well," Williams said. "When I say Black Lives Matter, it's not to negate anyone else's life. In fact, it is in support of the statement that all lives matter." After deliberating for about 10 hours over two days, the jury on Tuesday found Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the killing of George Floyd, who died last year on Memorial Day after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. "It's hard enough to watch someone who's lived a full life pass on," Will...