On Street of Columbus Shooting, Understanding and Criticism of Police Response
COLUMBUS, Ohio. In front of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant’s foster home, a memorial of sorts had been set up with rows of small white candles, an array of colorful balloons, some with personal messages scrawled on them, and fluffy brown teddy bears.
Roughly every 30 minutes or so, a car would drive by and someone would emerge to drop off some flowers or say a prayer. Bryant was shot four times by a police officer on April 20, as she swung a knife at a young woman. The incident sparked a wide range of reactions among the usually quiet and suburban Columbus neighborhood.
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Nicholas Reardon, who fatally shot Bryant, along with the caption: “you’re next #accountability.”
Bryant was killed shortly before former Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering
George Floyd. James deleted the tweet and posted two more, explaining why he did so,
“ANGER does [none] any of us any good and that includes myself!” he contended. “Gathering all the facts and educating does though! My anger still is here for what happened that lil girl. My sympathy for her family and may justice prevail!”
In a second post, James wrote, “I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its being used to create more hate -This isn’t about one officer. it’s about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY.”