Police Killing of Ma’Khia Bryant, Who Attacked 2 With Knife, Sparks Outcry, Media Criticism
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From the Center
Ma’Khia Bryant: Columbus police release body camera footage in shooting of 16-year-oldIn an unprecedented move, Columbus police showed body camera footage of the shooting of a 16-year-old girl by a Columbus police officer just hours after the incident on the Southeast Side.
The shooting, which happened about 20 minutes before a guilty verdict was announced in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, prompted hundreds to protest at the shooting site and Downtown.
From the Left
Ohio officials release more body cam video of fatal police shooting of Black teen and urge community to await the factsColumbus, Ohio, officials released additional body camera video on Wednesday of a police officer fatally shooting a Black teen who charged two females with a knife.
"We don't yet have all of the facts but we do know that a 16-year-old girl, a child of this community, tragically died last night," Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther told reporters.
"Bottom line: Did Ma'Khia Bryant need to die yesterday?" he added. "How did we get here? This is a failure on the part of our community. Some are guilty but all of...
From the Right
'NBC Nightly News' under fire for editing out key part of 911 call before Ma'Khia Bryant shootingCritics bashed "NBC Nightly News" Wednesday after the Peacock Network's flagship evening news program omitted key details from a report on the police-involved shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio.
Media Research Center news analyst Nicholas Fondacaro called out NBC News for editing out a portion of a frantic 911 call in which a woman is heard saying: "It's these grown girls over here trying to fight us, trying to stab us, get here now!"
NBC did air a brief audio clip from the call in which the woman...
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