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Utmost sympathy goes out to the family of Ma& #39;Khia Bryant. By all accounts, she was a bright student and a light in the life of everyone around her. Of course, facts continue to emerge, but after watching the bodycam footage of the scene and actively trying to find a reason...
...to tie back her death to a string of incidents related to police brutality, I& #39;ve failed to do so. At first glance, the police officer involved saw a woman& #39;s life in imminent danger, and followed protocol to save that woman& #39;s life. Based upon my prior knowledge, I know...
...that the police are NOT trained to shoot-to-wound upon the premise that an arm/leg is an invariably harder target to hit. I find it hard to reason that the police officer knew about Ma& #39;Khia& #39;s background, and had enough time to assess that she, herself, was in a state of...
...distress. I& #39;m of the opinion that, had he not acted, the & #39;woman in pink& #39;& #39;s life would have ended—without a doubt. I& #39;m primarily posting here so that my mind can be changed, and I invite discourse to meet that end. My co-host @TheDamianGalvan and I will discuss the issue...
...in-depth on @polititeenshow this Friday.
**To qualify my prior points, my perspective is guided not by the notion that Ma& #39;Khia Bryant was an "active threat" solely because she was "holding" a knife, but because she was in the ACT of using that knife to strike another.
