Ma’Khia Bryant shooting – Cop shoots ’knife-wielding’ black teen just before Chauvin murder verdict

Police have shot and killed a young black girl just before Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd. Graphic bodycamera footage of the police shooting that left a black 16-year-old dead in Ohio showed a girl was shot just seconds after cops arrived on scene. Video showed the “knife-wielding“ teen – identified by family as Ma’Khia Bryant – being shot multiple times amid an altercation with two other females. Cops say they received a disturbance call from a person who said someone was trying to stab them at , with officers arriving on scene minutes later at Police bodycamera video from the incident showed two females arguing, as one was thrown to the ground. The girl standing appeared to have a weapon in her hand – which police said was a knife – and moved against a vehicle with another female. As the pair moved toward the vehicle, the girl who cops say had a blade raised her arm. Someone could be heard yelling “Get down!“ multiple times as an officer immediately pulled out his
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