City leaders in Columbus, Ohio, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday asking for an investigation into the city's police department following several police killings of Black people, including the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last week.
Ma Khia Bryant: Family attorney calls for federal investigation into teen s police shooting death
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Farnoush Amiri
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Police release bodycam footage of officer shooting teenage girl appearing to hold knife
Police chose to quickly release video of the incident, which Interim Police Chief Michael Woods called unprecedented. (Source: Columbus Police Department via WSYX/WTTE)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - There should be a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus police officer, along with a probe into the handling of Bryant’s foster care placement, a lawyer representing the teen s family said Wednesday.
by: FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Report for America/Associated Press
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Apr 28, 2021 / 06:53 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) While Ohio’s capital city has made significant progress enacting changes to its police department, the city needs additional help because of “fierce opposition” to reform within the agency, city leaders said Wednesday as they requested a Justice Department investigation following a series of police killings of Black people and other controversies.
The request by Mayor Andrew Ginther and City Attorney Zach Klein both Democrats capped several painful months for the city, culminating most recently with the April 20 fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant as she swung a knife at a woman. Bryant was Black and the rookie officer who shot her was white.
Columbus mayor requests federal probe of police force
FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Report for America/Associated Press
April 28, 2021
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1of14Myron Hammonds, left, and Paula Bryant, father and mother of Ma Khia Bryant, the 16-year-old girl shot and killed by a Columbus police officer on April 20, hold a photo of their daughter during a news conference Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Attorney Michelle Martin representing the family has called for full investigations into the teen’s fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer.Jay LaPrete/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14The family of Ma Khia Bryant, the 16-year-old girl shot and killed by a Columbus police officer on April 20, walks up to a news conference Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Attorney Michelle Martin representing the family of Ma’Khia Bryant has called for full investigations into the teen’s fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer.Jay LaPret
Ma Khia Bryant: Family attorney calls for federal investigation into teen s police shooting death
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Farnoush Amiri
Published
Police release bodycam footage of officer shooting teenage girl appearing to hold knife
Police chose to quickly release video of the incident, which Interim Police Chief Michael Woods called unprecedented. (Source: Columbus Police Department via WSYX/WTTE)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - There should be a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus police officer, along with a probe into the handling of Bryant’s foster care placement, a lawyer representing the teen s family said Wednesday.