Moments after Derek Chauvin's verdict, video emerges of a fatal police shooting of a black girl in Ohio

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The conviction of a white officer for George Floyd's murder raised hopes for change - until video emerged of another police killing of an African American.

The conviction of a white officer for George Floyd's murder raised hopes on Wednesday in the black community of a historic turning point in US justice, but the police killing of another African American cast doubt on prospects for change.

Interim Columbus Police Chief Michael Woods speaks about the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant.The city's police chief Michael Woods said"it was important to share [the footage] with the community, to be transparent about this incident, to let them have some answers that we can provide tonight".

The video showed officers arriving at the scene during a scuffle, with a small crowd of onlookers. One teenage girl is seen lunging at another with what appears to be a knife, when shots are heard and the girl collapses on the ground.

The teenager's mother Paula Bryant told the local CBS station:"She was a very loving, peaceful little girl.The Floyd family lawyer, Ben Crump, tweeted about the shooting on Tuesday. "As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting," he said.

As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting as

 

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It will never change... it is a militaristic regime. ... grow up. It is not a democracy

I found the full body cam footage.

Police killing or police saving a life this is why the sbs and abc need to be defunded

You forgot to mention the part where she was attacking two people with a knife, in an attempt to murder them, while the police were on-scene.

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