Relatives of Ma'Khia Bryant, Black teen fatally shot by police, appeal for justice
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Ma'Khia Bryant's cousins remembered the Black teenager fatally shot by police in Ohio as "a good student, a good person" whose life was unnecessarily cut short by "disproportionate and unjustified use of force."
"As a family we are all saddened by the tragic and unnecessary death of Ma'Khia," cousins Don Bryant and Deja Torrence said in a public appeal for justice. "She was loved by many... We want to remind everyone Ma'Khia was only a 16 year old teenage girl." Officials in the city of Columbus have released body camera video of Tuesday's shooting -- during which Ma'Khia lunges at another young woman with a knife -- and urged residents to await the facts in the investigation.More Related News