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There is Never a "Perfect" Victim of Police Violence Because Human Beings are Imperfect.

I have been disgusted by conversations surrounding the police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant. Sadly, the things I've read are not new thoughts about Black death.

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Donney Rose
Apr 23, 2021
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Ma’Khia Bryant was a 16-year-old Black child who found herself on the receiving end of a trigger-happy cop in Columbus named Nicholas Reardon. Ma’Khia called for the police when she felt threatened by other girls outside her home presumably about to jump her. Ma’Khia had a knife in her possessio…

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