Ma’Khia Bryant’s Journey Through Foster Care Ended With an Officer’s Bullet Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Ellen Barry and Will Wright © Amr Alfiky/The New York Times A memorial where Ma’Khia Bryant was killed by a Columbus police officer. Her tragic death was preceded by a turbulent journey through the foster care system.
COLUMBUS, Ohio The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying.
“I want to leave this foster home,” she tells the dispatcher. “I want to leave this foster home.”
When two police officers arrived at the home in Columbus, Ohio, they reported later, they met an agitated ninth grader, Ja’Niah Bryant, who told them that the fighting at 3171 Legion Lane was getting worse and worse.
Ma Khia Bryant s turbulent foster care journey before her death
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Before her death, Ma Khia Bryant s had a turbulent journey through Ohio s foster care system, cycling through 5 homes in 2 years
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As the nation demanded more information in Ma Khia s death and experts weighed in on the shooting, the members of Little Miss and Big Sis reflected on the tragedy in Columbus and what it means to be a Black girl in America.
Sitting with them was their 23-year-old mentor, Alexis Payne, who co-founded the group last December. After losing her 8-year-old cousin MiKayla “KayKay” Pickett to gun violence last summer, Payne became determined to create a safe space for Black girls in Akron, a place where they could share their dreams and struggles without judgment, and feel loved and heard.
One by one, the girls shared what they would say to the officer involved in Ma Khia’s shooting if they had the chance.