Many people are heartbroken after a Columbus police officer fatally shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.
Author: Gabriela Garcia (WBNS)
Updated: 8:21 PM EDT April 21, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Just hours after celebrating Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict, what felt like a victory for many people across the United States, community leaders in Columbus feel like society has taken another step back.
Many people are heartbroken after a Columbus police officer fatally shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.
“It feels like...living a black life that you kind of think that maybe, ‘woah, maybe we’re actually going someplace.’ And then to find out that we are still in that same place," says Fran Frazier, principal investigator for Black Girl Rising. "There is no time for rejoicing it appears, and truthfully, that’s what really really hurts."