George Floyd trial: Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
22 Apr, 2021 04:58 AM
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Black teenage girl in Ohio shot dead by police as Derek Chauvin jury returns verdict. Video / Heavy / @ WhatRiot
Black teenage girl in Ohio shot dead by police as Derek Chauvin jury returns verdict. Video / Heavy / @ WhatRiot
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Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
The shooting of Ma Khia Bryant, 16, who was swinging a knife during a fight with another person in Columbus, is in some ways more representative of how Black and other people of color are killed during police encounters than the death of George Floyd, pinned to the ground by Chauvin and captured on video for all the world to see.
Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after Derek Chauvin verdict
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Police investigate a shooting in Wednesday which a man was killed by a deputy in Elizabeth, North Carolina. (Associated Press)
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Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
The shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who was swinging a knife during a fight with another person in Columbus, is in some ways more representative of how Black and other people of color are killed during police encounters than the death of George Floyd, pinned to the ground by Chauvin and captured on video for all the world to see.
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Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
The shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who was swinging a knife during a fight with another person in Columbus, is in some ways more representative of how Black and other people of color are killed during police encounters than the death of George Floyd, pinned to the ground by Chauvin and captured on video for all the world to see.
Unlike Chauvin’s case, many killings by police involve a decision to shoot in a heated moment and are notoriously difficult to prosecute even when they spark grief and outrage. Juries have tended to give officers the benefit of the doubt when they claim to have acted in a life-or-death situation.
After Derek Chauvin conviction, Black people continue to die at hands police
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Students leave the Ohio Union on the campus of Ohio State University to protest the shooting of Ma Khia Bryant a day earlier by Columbus Police, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP
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Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
The shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who was swinging a knife during a fight with another person in Columbus, is in some ways more representative of how Black and other people of color are killed during police encounters than the death of George Floyd, pinned to the ground by Chauvin and captured on video for all the world to see.
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