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In reply to the discussion: 'She was a child.' White House comments on Ma'Khia Bryant shooting [View all]kaotikross
(246 posts)That "child" wasn't exactly 6 years old, she was grown and was attempting to stab somebody in the face with what looks to be a decent sized kitchen knife. The cop didn't know who was who, how old they were or anything else, all he knew was Person A was trying to stab Person B in either their face or neck with a knife. I'm the first person to call out a cop for shooting somebody unarmed, but as others have said- this isn't the hill to die on.
I know it's easy to lump this in with George Floyd, Mike Brown, Adam Toledo and so many other horrible cases where a cop killed an unarmed person but it isn't the same at all.
Reports say this child was in foster care and has previous anger issues. If anybody failed here it was the system, for not providing this kid with the kind of care she needed for what was obviously poor self control and violent tendencies. A 16 year old girl willing to stab somebody in the face needed more than foster care- she needed residential treatment so she didn't end up in prison for a violent act or on a slab in the morgue.