Posted on 03/11/2022 11:19:41 PM PST by Morgana
The white Columbus police officer who fatally shot shot a 16-year-old black girl last year has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, Ohio prosecutors announced on Friday.
Ma'Khia Bryant was killed last April by Nicholas Reardon after she swung a knife at another young woman. Reardon was 23 years old at the time.
Police have said they were called to Bryant's foster home on April 20, 2021, because a group of girls was threatening to stab other members of the household.
Body camera footage showed Reardon, who was 23 at the time, asking what was going on when he arrived at the scene. Just seconds later, Bryant could be seen lunging at an older woman with a knife.
Bryant was then shot four times and died from her injuries. The coroner listed the cause of death as a homicide - a medical determination used in cases where someone has died at another's hand. It does not imply criminal intent.
Her killing further heightened racial tensions as it came just moments before the Derek Chauvin verdict.
It also cast a light on the state's foster care system - and ultimately led to a Justice Department review of the police department in Ohio's capital city.
But on Friday, a grand jury issued a 'no bill' - meaning they did not find probable cause for murder charges was committed.
In announcing the grand jury decision, special prosecutors Tim Merkle and Gary Shroyer noted: 'Under Ohio law the use of deadly force by a police officer is justified when there exists an immediate or imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another.'
They said the decision followed a full review of the shooting.
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Yes, indeed. For once, justice has been served.
For once, logic prevails, even when certain races are involved.
The girl was stabby & crabby and charging people.
All this wild and dangerous behavior, done right in front of a Police Officer who had been called for help. He did what he had to do to keep the ‘teen’ from garroting somebody’s liver ‘just because’.
he is lucky
if he was a police officer in any number of commie hellholes he would be up on charges
I remember that incident, and the video. He was clearly justified.
Columbus is fairly liberal.
CC
I’ve always figured the 21’ rule applied to me or anyone being attacked. 21 feet is your weapon is in your hand and primed and ready to use too me. Prepare, weapon down and ready. Try to calm the issue down. Escalation by the attacker is Go time. Shoot to stop, how ever many it takes. IMO
Agreed
The cops should have left the corpse lay their in the street as road kill. /spit
Rather than removing racism from our culture, this strategy is pouring gasoline on the fire. People of that race are destroying all the progress made in the last 50 years
Satan is delighted with the results.
That growing national Frankenstein monster grew exponentially with, “If I had a son”.
DEMOCRATS and COMMIES destroyed progress of the past 70 years.
I remember this. The BLM terror group will still riot though because Patrisse Cullors needs the money to buy a 7th house.
“Ma’Khia and her sister, Ja’Niah”
Do they have a brother named “Ay’pos’tro’phee”?
Color blindness would correct all the wasted efforts. As hillry said “what difference does it make “ not to mention the angst needlessly fomented in the small minded.
Garroting the other woman’s liver?
That reminds me of a story an old NYDP cop once told me, how the watch commander read from a report that a victim’s hands had been decapitated.
The commander was not as amused as my buddy, lol.
When a White cop is called, he should observe and note the actions of the street savages. Trying to prevent a murder gets a White cop prosecuted for murder.
The humor and quick wittedness of the America people is unimaginable by most from other cultures. America is grand.
“cleared of her murder” means someone else murdered her
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