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Columbus police officer fatally shoots Black teen swinging knife
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In an image from police bodycam video that the Columbus Police Department played during a news conference Tuesday night, April 20, 2021, a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Police shot and the girl just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd. State law allows police to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, and investigators will determine whether this shooting was such an instance, Interim Police Chief Michael Woods said at the news conference. (Columbus Police Department via WSYX-TV via AP)
2021-04-21 17:20:55 GMT2021-04-22 01:20:55(Beijing Time) Sina English
Police in Columbus, Ohio, shot and killed a black teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife on Tuesday, according to bodycam footage from the officer who fired the shots just minutes before the verdict in George Floyd’s killing was read.
Officials with the Columbus Division of Police showed a segment of the footage just hours after the shooting took place in a neighborhood on the city’s east side. The decision to swiftly release the video was a departure from protocol as the force faces immense scrutiny from the public following a series of recent high-profile police killings that have led to clashes.
2021-04-21 06:36:07 GMT2021-04-21 14:36:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Xinhua) A black teenage girl was killed Tuesday in a police shooting in Columbus, Ohio, shortly before a jury reached a guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd.
At a news briefing in the evening, Columbus police showed bodycam footage of a responding officer shooting the girl in the afternoon as she appeared to attempt to stab two other girls.
The shooting happened around 4:45 p.m. ET (2045 GMT) at a residence in the southeastern part of the city, just minutes before Chauvin s verdict was announced.
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Julio will have more on this story later this morning, but yes there was another officer-involved shooting in Ohio. And yes, the suspect was armed with a knife. But once again, activists and liberal media outlets decided to hurl misinformation into the vortex about this story
Here’s how the Associated Press described the incident.
“Police shot and killed a teenage Black girl in Columbus, Ohio, just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd. Bodycam footage appeared to show the girl attempting to stab two people with a knife.”