Months after Ma’Khia Bryant’s killing, Columbus police more emboldened than ever
by Audra Henrichs from on (#5NSV2)
Since 2013, officers in Columbus, Ohio, have killed children at a higher rate than most other US police forces - but they lack any real accountability
On 20 April, millions held their breath as they waited for a judge to read the verdict that the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had been found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. About 20 minutes before the verdict, Ma'Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old foster child, was fatally shot by a police officer a few hundred miles away in Columbus, Ohio.
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