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‘Ma’Khia Bryant’s Life Mattered’: Black Lives Matter Release Statement, Say ‘Another Black Life Stolen’

Ian Haworth
‘Ma’Khia Bryant’s Life Mattered’: Black Lives Matter Release Statement, Say ‘Another Black Life Stolen’
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On Friday, the Black Lives Matter movement released a statement following the death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, who was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio, by a police officer as she appeared to attempt to stab another teenage girl.

At the exact same time the verdict of Derek Chauvin was being read for murdering George Floyd, police wasted no time in senselessly taking another Black child.

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