1/ To those defending the shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant bc she had a knife, in many other countries where cops don't have guns (or rarely use them) there are knives. The same scene would have to have been dealt with differently elsewhere. How? And why can't we do that?

2/ Non-lethal force would have been used elsewhere, but in the US we just sign off on the state killing people, especially Black folks, but too often whites too. Why? People who are endangering others elsewhere are dealt with differently. Seriously, why can't we do that?

3/ Yes, it's possible that in those other countries, not being able to respond w/lethal force might allow a stabbing until the person is subdued. Same in Columbus. But the stabbing would unlikely be fatal while the bullet is. With a different response, NO one has to die...

4/ This is why even if you rightly concerned about the well-being of the person Ma'Khia was fighting with (as you should be) you should still question the propriety of those 4 shots, which were capable of hitting the girl she was fighting as much as her actually...

5/ The shots cant be seen as the only way to protect the other person, esp when fired in a direction that could have easily struck them both. A taser could have ended the threat. Other cops were there, didn't shoot. Why? Could have rushed her & pulled her off the other girl...

6/ Bottom line, to say there is nothing else the cops could have done is to suffer a horrible lack of imagination. If something else could have been & WOULD have been done in any other country, our unwillingness to do differently is a choice. And it's not about safety.