Two teens, in fact.
One of them, you know. Ma Khia Bryant, 16, was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer who had been summoned to a report of an attempted stabbing.
Police body camera footage shows Bryant rushing at another girl with a knife in her hand, at which point the officer shoots her.
Police called the shooting an unavoidable tragedy. But coming as it did within an hour of the guilty verdict against Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Bryant s death became the latest flashpoint in the national debate over police use of force.
Her death made national news. Protesters took to the streets, shouting out her name. A monument of stuffed animals, flowers and silvery balloons grew on Legion Lane, the East Side residential street where she lived
Monday was the first day for students in cohort A, which attends Mondays and Tuesdays in person. Cohort B begins Thursday, with in-person classes on Thursdays and Fridays. I m glad to be back here with my friends, Jimenez said. Well, half of them.
Brian Hill, an environmental science teacher, seemed equally excited to be back in the classroom Monday morning. It ll be great to finally see the kids in-person, Hill said. It s just been names on screens for a long time.
Getting students to school an issue
Ensuring the district had enough bus drivers and routes to transport all its students was a big hurdle to making Monday happen, Columbus City Schools Superintendent Talisa Dixon said.
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