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There's a lot to unpack here, but let's just say it's messy. It's a tragedy none the less that a 16 year old died, but we must look at the facts with honesty.
Viewer Discretion is advised:
Bodycam footage starts at around 4:29.
Viewer Discretion is advised:
Bodycam footage starts at around 4:29.
At around 6:41 in the video the officer began to get out of his vehicle responding to the call. He began to walk out to the scene where he asked what is going on when Makhia Bryant ran outside chasing another person (who fell). It was clear in the video that she had a knife.
He began to yell get down multiple times, and pulled out his firearm. At 6:51 in the video Makhia Bryant can be found about to stab another girl in the video (pink clothes) where the officer began to open fire onto Makhia.
It's a messy situation, but in the end she was about to stab the other girl and the officer did the best of his ability on how to handle the situation.
The officer shot around 4 times saving the girl in pink from being stabbed. In the next couple seconds officers began to walk over to Mahkia Bryant , and you could hear shouts from the people at the scene.
