Ohio mayor slammed for describing teen shot by police as young woman
22 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM
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Bodycam footage released by Columbus police in Ohio shows an officer fatally shooting 16-year-old Makhia Bryant, who later died from her injuries in hospital. Video / AP
Bodycam footage released by Columbus police in Ohio shows an officer fatally shooting 16-year-old Makhia Bryant, who later died from her injuries in hospital. Video / AP
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By: Frank Chung
A mayor in Ohio has been slammed for describing a 15-year-old girl shot by police as a young woman .
Activists say Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther s initial statement after the shooting of Ma Khia Bryant on Tuesday represents adultification bias – a form of discrimination researchers claim uniquely affects African-American girls.
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Some said it exemplified ‘adultification bias’ against the Black 16-year-old girl who was fatally shot by police (Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Julianne McShane
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Just minutes before it was announced Tuesday that a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts of murdering George Floyd, a Black 16-year-old girl was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio.
Family members and Franklin County Children’s Services identified the girl as Ma’Khia Bryant, according to the Columbus Dispatch and a GoFundMe page allegedly established by a family member. (Ma’Khia was in foster care at the time of her death, according to the Dispatch.) Columbus police have not yet named Ma’Khia as the victim and said the girl was 15; they also stressed that the Bureau of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation into the case.