Careless Casualty in Columbus?

Here we go again with another police shooting story! It has been less than 24 hours since the Derek Chauvin case was finalized, and now we have another white cop killing another black person. A 16 year old girl/woman this time in Columbus, Ohio. It was in response to a 911 call regarding a fight breaking out in front of someone’s house. However, the situation actually seemed to intensify once the officers arrived, resulting with another senseless tragedy. Officially the fatality of Ma’Khia Bryant unfortunately. It all happened very quickly and explicitly, so If you want to catch the details, I’d recommend slowing the video down a bit. Of course this all happened in the moment and without the luxury of instant replay. Therefore, it is doubtful that most of the bystanders had a good angle on what really happened. Check out the video though if you would like to witness this incident for yourself.

Note: They have placed age restrictions on this video since publishing. You can still watch it on YouTube, but will have to sign in first. Tip: The “action” begins around the 7:30 mark.

Many people have rushed to conclusions about this, but I think the video speaks for itself. You may have to slow it down and watch it a few times though. Then ask yourself how this situation could have been handled differently? And what are all of these people thinking and doing out there anyway? It appears to be a decent neighborhood in the middle of the day, so why does everyone seem to be acting so foolishly and/or violently in this scene? Are there any adults to be found anywhere?

This was a tweet from the National Fraternal Order of Police calling out basketball superstar LeBron James who has since deleted his initial contentious statement from Twitter.

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