Columbus cop fatally shoots black girl wielding knife
Columbus, Ohio police officers responded to a call of someone attacking people with a knife and fatally shot a girl who appeared to have a knife.
Yesterday afternoon, an unidentified Columbus police officer fatally shot a teenage girl who appeared to attack another girl while brandishing a knife
A black man can be seen on video kicking a girl who had been attacked before he himself yells at the police after the cop shot and killed the alleged attacker, Ma’Khia Bryant.
The footage begins around five minutes into the press conference late last night (a clock on the police laptop reads 10:54 PM).
While Black Lives Matter activists rushed to denounce the killing, which occurred around the time of the Derek Chauvin jury decision, the police only later released the body camera footage.
Unlike Black Lives Matter, this publication will not be rushing to condemn or defend anyone, only presenting the facts as best as they are known at the time.
Police had been called to the location, but the caller hung up before dispatchers could gather information on alleged weapons.
A black police officer can be seen on the body camera, rendering aid with a separate white police officer.
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