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NEW: The world saw a police officer shoot and kill 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last month as she was about to stab another woman.
But what came before?
@EllenBarryNYT @NYT_Wright and I went to Columbus, Ohio, to find out. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
But what came before?
@EllenBarryNYT @NYT_Wright and I went to Columbus, Ohio, to find out. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
The answer: Years of turbulence in foster care, a grandmother who tried to keep the family together, and claims of abuse at her mother's home.
Seconds before Ma'Khia was shot, her sister told me, she was infuriated by a woman who spit at her grandmother. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
Seconds before Ma'Khia was shot, her sister told me, she was infuriated by a woman who spit at her grandmother. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
Speaking publicly for the first time, Ja'Niah Bryant, 15, told me her sister Ma'Khia wanted nothing more than to get out of foster care.
"That was her biggest thing. She didn't want to be in the foster care system until she was 18." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
"That was her biggest thing. She didn't want to be in the foster care system until she was 18." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
Ja'Niah recalled being in the foster home with Ma'Khia as two women in their 20s — who had previously lived there — threatened to fight them.
Her grandmother stood on the stairs trying to keep the women away from the girls, she said.
Ja'Niah called 911. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
Her grandmother stood on the stairs trying to keep the women away from the girls, she said.
Ja'Niah called 911. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
The sisters grabbed their things and tried to rush out of the foster home with their grandmother.
But, they recalled, one of the women spit at their grandmother as they left, and Ma'Khia became enraged.
Just then, a 23-year-old police officer walked up. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
But, they recalled, one of the women spit at their grandmother as they left, and Ma'Khia became enraged.
Just then, a 23-year-old police officer walked up. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
Minutes after a police officer shot her sister, the police put Ja'Niah in the house, where she turned on cartoons for a younger brother.
But what first flashed across the TV was a news report: Derek Chauvin had been found guilty of murder in Minneapolis. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
But what first flashed across the TV was a news report: Derek Chauvin had been found guilty of murder in Minneapolis. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
When Ma'Khia was taken from her mom, she and her siblings lived with their grandmother (last in video).
But then she lost her home, and the kids were forced into foster care.
The grandmother asks: Why didn't I get the $ and support foster parents get? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
But then she lost her home, and the kids were forced into foster care.
The grandmother asks: Why didn't I get the $ and support foster parents get? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
When I spoke with Ja'Niah, she told me she was sad that TikTok had taken down her sister's account, where Ma'Khia had posted videos doing her hair and dancing.
So I asked TikTok and they said it had been mistakenly removed. Now it's back up: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMebYnndm/
So I asked TikTok and they said it had been mistakenly removed. Now it's back up: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMebYnndm/
There was one thing Ma'Khia wanted after foster care split her up from her loved ones.
"She wanted to get back to me, to family. To Columbus," says her sister, Ja'Niah.
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: 1. Ja'Niah by @maddiemcgarvey 2. Both sisters FaceTiming their mother in Feb.) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
"She wanted to get back to me, to family. To Columbus," says her sister, Ja'Niah.
(
: 1. Ja'Niah by @maddiemcgarvey 2. Both sisters FaceTiming their mother in Feb.) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/columbus-makhia-bryant-foster-care.html
