Bodycam Video Shows 16yo Ma'Khia Bryant Attempting to Stab Woman Before Being Shot by Police

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Apr. 20, 2021

Bodycam footage rushed out by Columbus police on Tuesday shows 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was shot and killed by an officer after attempting to stab a woman with a knife and was not shot and killed just for being black as rumors on social media claimed.

The myth:

As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting as @ColumbusPolice killed an unarmed 15yo Black girl named Makiyah Bryant. Another child lost! Another hashtag. ✊🏾🙏🏾#JusticeForMakiyahBryant https://t.co/9ssR5gfqm5
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 21, 2021

As the verdict was read in Minnesota, a 15-year old black girl in Columbus OH was shot and killed by police. She was being threatened and called the police for help. Instead they killed her. So much for thinking any justice was served today.#MakiyahBryant https://t.co/vb7mltqsCu
— Margaret Kimberley (@freedomrideblog) April 21, 2021

Columbus Ohio Police shot a Black teen girl....who called them for help.

This is why the Chauvin verdict is accountability, NOT justice. This is just neverending. #MakiyahBryant
— Atima Omara (@atima_omara) April 20, 2021

This is Kiara Yakita. She is the founder of the Black Liberation Movement in Columbus.

She said shortly after learning of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial today she learned of this officer-involved shooting. pic.twitter.com/krMkRGyajv
— Kalea Gunderson (@KaleaGunderson) April 21, 2021

Paula Bryant tells me her 16 year-old daughter Ma’Khia Bryant was an honor roll student and a sweet child. Ma’Khia was shot and killed by a @ColumbusPolice on Legion Lane at 4:30p today. pic.twitter.com/0FfbQVEgSD
— Lacey Crisp (@LaceyCrisp) April 21, 2021

“Ma’Khia had a motherly nature about her. She promoted peace,” said the 16 year-old girl’s mother, Paula. pic.twitter.com/vhBauZn3Kc
— Lacey Crisp (@LaceyCrisp) April 21, 2021

murder , police brutality , shooting //

this is makiyah bryant’s aunt. makiyah was only 15 YEARS OLD and she was shot 4 times and murdered by police for having a knife after she called them to protect her. #MakiyahBryant #SayHerName pic.twitter.com/I2o6AlyQun
— clay || check 📌 (@DREAMKlNNlE) April 21, 2021

The reality:

Body camera video released by Columbus Police in Ohio shows #MakiyahBryant attacking another female with a knife before she is shot by police. #BLM have been protesting, calling the shooting racist because Makiyah is black. pic.twitter.com/LY1HaJyI1F
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 21, 2021

WATCH:

Reports indicate the victims, not Bryant, called police for help because she was "trying to stab them."

From the AP:

Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

Police showed bodycam footage Tuesday night at a news conference of the officer shooting the girl, who was Black, as she appeared to attempt to stab two people with a knife.

A black-handled blade resembling a kitchen knife or steak knife appeared to be lying on the sidewalk next to her immediately after she was shot and fell.

[...] Officers had responded to an attempted stabbing call when police shot the girl at about 4:45 p.m., police said. The 911 caller reported a female was trying to stab them before hanging up, they said.

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