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Many, many media outlets are attempting to position the girl shot by police as a darling and another black person killed by police for no reason, linking it to the Derek Chauvin case

Black teenage girl in Ohio ‘shot dead by police’ as Derek Chauvin jury returns verdict

A black teenage girl was shot dead by police in Ohio on Tuesday minutes after a guilty verdict was returned in the case of the officer who killed George Floyd.

Officers were responding to a call on Legion Lane in the city of Columbus when police shot the girl, who was named locally as 16-year-old Makiah Bryant.

Police later released body camera footage showing an officer shooting the victim, who was holding a knife and was poised to attack another girl.

But, she was a good girl!

“She was a good kid. She was loving,” Hazel Bryant, who said the child was her niece, told reporters. She said the girl lived in a foster home and had got into a fight with someone else at the home. “She was 15 years old. She didn’t deserve to die like a dog in the street,” she said.

A good kid!

Police shoot teenage girl to death in Ohio and release bodycam video

Police in Columbus, Ohio, released bodycam video Tuesday night of the fatal shooting of a teenage girl earlier in the day. Interim police chief Michael Woods said at a press conference that it is unusual to have video released so quickly but “we understand the public’s need, desire and expectation to have transparency.”

Police did not identify the girl but her family and Franklin County Children Services identified her as 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. The family also told CBS Columbus affiliate WBNS-TV that Bryant was the one who called the police for help, saying people were fighting outside her house.

Can you guess was CBS News forgot to provide? The bodycam video. It’ll be interesting to see if the 911 call supports Ma’Khia being the one that called. If so, perhaps she shouldn’t have been attacking another girl with a knife when the cops showed up

Bryant’s mother, Paula Bryant, told WBNS she’s “very upset. I’m hurt. I want answers.”

“My daughter dispatched Columbus police for protection, not to be a homicide today,” Paula said with tears in her eyes.

Ma’Khia was staying at a foster home. Paula said the two last saw each other on Thursday. “We hugged each other. She said ‘Mommy, I made honor roll.’ She said ‘Mommy, I’m looking forward to coming home,'” Paula said.

“Ma’Khia had a motherly nature about her. She promoted peace. That is something that I want to always be remembered,” Paula added.

Motherly nature for stabbing. Promoting peace with a knife. Gotta wonder why, exactly, she was staying in a foster home rather than in her mom’s home. Anyhow, you can find this kind of stuff across a lot of the Credentialed media, usually forgetting the bodycam footage, which was released quickly

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The mayor noted

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther called it a “tragic day in the City of Columbus.”

“We know based on this footage the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community,” Ginther explained. “We think it’s critically important to share as much information as possible. We’ll continue to share footage and other information as quickly as possible.”

You can see that Bryant attacked someone else before going after the girl in pink with the knife. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.