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Family of Ohio teenage girl shot by police weighing legal action
New York Post ^ | April 24, 2021 | 2:58am | Jesse O’Neill

Posted on 04/24/2021 8:57:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The birth family of the Ohio teenage girl who was shot by police outside her foster home Tuesday is mulling a lawsuit, according to a report.

Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, was shot dead after calling police for help when two woman started fighting with her outside the Columbus home, her cousin Deja Torrence told Insider.

Police opened fire as she lunged at one of the women with a knife, according to dramatic footage released by police.

Nicholas Reardon, the officer who killed Bryant, has been assigned to desk duty while the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation looks into the shooting, the report said.

Torrence said her cousin was failed by the foster system, and her mother and Bryant’s biological mother are talking to a lawyer about pursuing unspecified legal action, according to the outlet.

“Someone has to be held accountable,” Torrence told Insider. “The family just doesn’t want this to be another senseless killing that goes under the rug and gets overlooked.”

Torrence reportedly said that Bryant was not a violent person, and must have believed her life was in danger. She told Insider that her family had talked to the teen about walking away from conflicts.

“We’re talking about a kid. She’s a kid. She’s 16 defending herself from 20-something-year-olds,” Torrence, 29, told the outlet.

Bodycam footage from Ohio police that shows Ma'Khia Bryant lunging at her attackers with a knife.Bodycam footage from Ohio police that shows Ma’Khia Bryant lunging at her attackers with a knife.AP

“If I felt threatened, if I felt that a group of individuals was coming on my property where I lived to fight me, I would get whatever I needed to protect myself.”

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Cha-ching!
1 posted on 04/24/2021 8:57:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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..Police opened fire as she lunged at one of the women with a knife..
2 posted on 04/24/2021 8:59:18 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

why’s she in foster care if she has these great parents?


3 posted on 04/24/2021 9:00:25 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Hillary wants to be Governor of New York!!)
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To: libh8er

Exactly the reason we need to install loser pays in all civil actions.


4 posted on 04/24/2021 9:00:29 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The family just doesn’t want this to be another senseless killing that goes under the rug and gets overlooked.”


Well, I’m all for complete investigations of incidents. However, it does appear this was not “another senseless killing”, but rather, a good shot by police to save lives.

By using words such as “senseless killing” right off the bat, these people have already done a rush to judgement.

Let’s have that investigation.


5 posted on 04/24/2021 9:00:29 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Where this is eventually leading will be.......

If it’s black on black crime, STAY OUT OF IT. Even if it means one of them

ends up dead.


6 posted on 04/24/2021 9:00:33 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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lil feral had a knife. BLM booger thought cops were gonna back down due to imaginary woke rules, now she burns in hell.


7 posted on 04/24/2021 9:01:03 AM PDT by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: ronniesgal

We aren’t allowed to ask such questions.


8 posted on 04/24/2021 9:01:07 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It won’t be worth $27 million like St. Floyd, but promise Crump or Sharpton a cut, and there could be a couple $million in it.


10 posted on 04/24/2021 9:01:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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And that will be racist too. White cops stand by and let black people die. You cannot win with these people.


11 posted on 04/24/2021 9:02:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That “child” was not defending itself. It was on the attack. I don’t know the circumstances, but a look at the video shows the girl on the attack.


12 posted on 04/24/2021 9:02:42 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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Will they need to surpass the $27 million that went to gf’s kin folks? Better query benny crump make sure there’s equity.


13 posted on 04/24/2021 9:03:52 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: CaptainPhilFan

Even with how obviously justified this shooting was, who here doubts

in todays racial atmosphere that this family will STILL get paid?


14 posted on 04/24/2021 9:04:10 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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So the 'birth fam' discards her fat butt until the opportunity for attention and money arises...

So, NOW her Black Life Matters.

15 posted on 04/24/2021 9:04:22 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (The Mob rises; the Monarchy trembles; the blade sings its lone song...)
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The girl whose life was saved should sue the estate, and have a constructive trust place on any potential settlement (because that is where this is headed).


16 posted on 04/24/2021 9:04:47 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Mouton
Exactly the reason we need to install loser pays in all civil actions.

If the loser can't pay, then the loser's lawyer should pay. I bet a parade of lawyers courted the parents to file a civil law suit. They probably offered to do it for "free", meaning the parents pay nothing. However, the lawyers get a cut of the settlement.

17 posted on 04/24/2021 9:04:51 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ronniesgal

How did these great parents let things got so far out of hand now the lawyers have a case.


18 posted on 04/24/2021 9:06:01 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: hillarys cankles

“If it’s black on black crime, STAY OUT OF IT. Even if it means one of them ends up dead.”

yes sir.
I have been saying that for more than a few years now


19 posted on 04/24/2021 9:06:42 AM PDT by Tupelo (Old, Tired, Cranky and Disgusted)
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With any luck, the intended victim of Little Big Miss Stabby McStabface will countersue this lovely, “Family,” into oblivion.


20 posted on 04/24/2021 9:07:10 AM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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