Posted on Apr 20, 2021
16-Year-Old Black Girl Who Called For Help, Fatally Shot By Police, Ohio Family Says
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As the verdict for Chauvin was read: "A 16-year-old Black girl was fatally shot by a white officer outside of her home after she called the police for help on Tuesday afternoon, according to her family.
The girl has been identified as Ma'Khia Bryant by her aunt, Hazel Bryant.
Bryant allegedly called officers at about 4:30 p.m. local time when a group of "older kids" threatened her with assault, her aunt told Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Reporter Andy Chow. She did not elaborate on the nature of the threat.
Bryant was taken to a local hospital in critical condition where she was later pronounced dead."
The girl has been identified as Ma'Khia Bryant by her aunt, Hazel Bryant.
Bryant allegedly called officers at about 4:30 p.m. local time when a group of "older kids" threatened her with assault, her aunt told Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Reporter Andy Chow. She did not elaborate on the nature of the threat.
Bryant was taken to a local hospital in critical condition where she was later pronounced dead."
16-Year-Old Black Girl Who Called For Help, Fatally Shot By Police, Ohio Family Says
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This is why people don't trust cops. This is why people are mad. This is why people are protesting. Why do law enforcement officers just get to shoot based on "thoughts" and "feelings?" Why did we have strict ROE and EOF in COMBAT but cops can just "think" something and shoot?
It's bullshit. The system needs a complete overhaul but the only way that will happen is from within. I'm tired of the "just a few bad apples" or "there are good cops." No - there are no good cops until they start changing the system from within. Until they stop the bad cops when they see abuse of the badge.
This girl called for HELP and she was killed.
It's bullshit. The system needs a complete overhaul but the only way that will happen is from within. I'm tired of the "just a few bad apples" or "there are good cops." No - there are no good cops until they start changing the system from within. Until they stop the bad cops when they see abuse of the badge.
This girl called for HELP and she was killed.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Bernard Walko What about the people who did listen and died? What about the people who were IN THEIR OWN HOMES NOT COMMITTING CRIMES killed? Or just walking?
What about the people who cops think aren't complying but they're disabled? Or deaf? Or mental illness?
It's not as simple as some of you make it.
What about the people who cops think aren't complying but they're disabled? Or deaf? Or mental illness?
It's not as simple as some of you make it.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
CPL Earl Kochis Ooh the conservative boogeyman buzz word "communism." Always about fear you guys. Smh.
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PO2 David Davidson
Once again, you produce another truly ignorant statement. Like my grandfather used to tell me, “You should make sure your brain is loaded before shooting off your mouth.”
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
PO2 David Davidson - Who are you talking to and why did you revive an old thread? Lame.
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Here’s the kicker - if she had had a gun, she would have been covered by Ohio’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
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CPL Earl Kochis
Wrong! The second she made the call to 911 she shoild have stayed in her house! Under stand your ground you cannot go get a weapon and come back. That becomes premeditated! As any CCW carrier knows. She went and got a knife and then went to fighting therefore became the agressor. Had she stayed in tge house and allowed the Police to do their job she would be alive. Also something they forgot to mention in this article is the fact she stabbed the first girl and was attempting to stab the second one when she was ordered to stop. At that point stand your ground was over anyway.
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