Columbus, Ohio: Great white hunter Nicholas Reardon murders black girl, Ma’Khia Bryant

Teacher describes teen shot by Columbus police as a girl with a bright future

16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was killed this week, shot four times in the chest by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon Tuesday afternoon. Body camera footage showed the teen swinging a knife toward two other girls before the fatal shots were fired. As the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation oversees the investigation into the deadly shooting, those who knew Ma’Khia are sharing their memories of her. FOX 8 sister station WCMH spoke with Ma’Khia’s teachers. Independence High School business education teacher Austin Owens said Ma’Khia emailed him about her 5-year plan the same day she was shot. “The language she used in ...

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Ma’Khia Bryant Was an Ambitious Girl With a ‘5-Year Plan’

After her death at the hands of police on Tuesday, the world knows Ma’Khia Bryant as a knife-wielding Black girl. But it’s important to remember that one instance outside her foster home does not paint an accurate picture of Ma’Khia. The image seen in the bodycam footage from the vantage point of the officer responsible for her death, is not who Ma’Khia was. Ma’Khia Bryant was a 16-year-old girl with dreams. Ma’Khia’s death came on the same day as Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd and one week after 20-year-old Daunte Wright was killed by police ...

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“Stay connected and compassionate." Columbus teachers discuss de-escalation after Ma’Khia Bryant's death

That approach came in handy a couple years ago when Wilson was supervising teens in her Columbus youth leadership organization as they were playing basketball in a park. An argument broke out, and one boy grabbed a knife from his gym bag and proceeded to charge at another. Wilson and her program manager quickly ran up to them to intervene. “All I was doing was asking questions,” said Wilson, 50, of Northeast Columbus. “Is it worth going to jail for it? Why are you so mad? Is it because everybody else is around? "It takes a split second for somebody ...

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