A teenage girl was fatally shot by the police in Columbus, Ohio, officials said, shortly before a jury reached a guilty verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer Derek Chauvin in last year’s killing of George Floyd. https://t.co/zuDtvwuX5N
There is no peace. Following this story for further updates. The @ColumbusPolice are yet again at the center of a fatal shooting. We are deeply saddened by this news on the day of Derek Chauvin's conviction for murdering George Floyd. #BlackLivesMatter
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If your protesting the murder of Makiyah Bryant by Columbus Police this evening: The Columbus NLG Jail Support Hotline is 614-654-6477.
Write it on your arm and let a friend staying home know your plans for the evening.
Charge up your phone. Stay with a group. Stay safe.
#MakiyahBryant - a 15 year old black girl in Columbus Ohio was shot after calling the police for help. Just minutes after the #DerekChauvinTrial - Tell me again how this can be "reformed"?
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A reminder that the work continues: as the guilty verdict was being read, a 15 year-old Black girl was shot 4 times and killed by police, after she called them for help. https://t.co/o860SmXGs6
A cop in Columbus Ohio has shot and killed a 15 year old girl. Makiyah Bryant was her name.
Can we live?
Can our children live?
This country never stops. Not for a damn second. I have an 11 year old daughter. This country does everything it can to break Black people.
"When we have over 2,000 children that right now are not with their parents because we separated them ... When we know those children will suffer life long trauma ... we know we are better than this."
— Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at the #FamiliesBelongTogether rally in LA.