Cop Won't Be Charged in Fatal Teen Shooting That Shocked Black Communities

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Newsweek

The fatal shooting of a teenage girl that galvanized Black communities in Columbus, Ohio, has not brought criminal charges against the city police officer involved in the incident, as a grand jury returned a "no bill," finding no probable cause for a crime.

Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, who lived in foster care on the east side of the city, was shot dead by Nicholas Reardon, an officer with the Columbus Police Department (CPD), in April 2021. Reardon was responding to a domestic dispute call when the shooting occurred, according to the Franklin County Prosecutor's office.

Body camera footage from Reardon appeared to show Bryant lunging at another woman with a knife as the skirmish unfolded. Reardon, who was the first officer to arrive on the scene, shot at Bryant four times. The officer can be seen performing CPR on Bryant, but she did not survive.

After reviewing the evidence, the grand jury decided on Friday to not charge Reardon in Bryant's death.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/cop-won-t-be-charged-in-fatal-teen-shooting-that-shocked-black-communities/ar-AAUXzuT

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[exboyfil]

1. The girl who was shot's dad

was busy kicking another woman in the head while his daughter lunged with a knife at a much smaller woman that she had pinned against a car. Maybe he should have intercepted his armed daughter.

[NYC Liberal]

2. Good.

[exboyfil]

3. Really nothing good about it

It was a tragedy and the girl was let down by a bunch of people including her father.

The cop in his case really didn't have a choice (or he did have a choice - let the larger girl stab the smaller woman). The fact that he was attacked for that split second decision wasn't a very good look. The expectation is that police officers are Robocops.

Her father was on scene. He kicked another woman in the head instead of trying to restrain his armed daughter. Does he have any accountability?

[NYC Liberal]

4. I mean it's good that he wasn't charged. He shouldn't have been.

The whole thing was terrible for sure.

[cinematicdiversions]

5. Good. And good lord that felt five years ago.

I think we all recall that tragic incident. A failure of the adults on the scene and the girls community., The poor policeman had no good choices.

[brush]

6. You're right. Very sad. Failure and lack of supervision from adults...

on the scene, acting like out of control adolescents themselves.