Here's what I think of the body cam footage. The essential fact is she should still be alive. It complicates the issue only because most white Americans will use the knife to avoid thinking about whether or not a cop would have shot a white girl with a knife in the same situation
Consider another person with a knife. Older, bigger, and someone who had just killed 2 people and critically injured another: Jeremy Christian.
Police had endless patience with Jeremy Christian, talking him down until he surrendered.
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Police had endless patience with Jeremy Christian, talking him down until he surrendered.
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I don't want the police to be shooting down Christian, Rittenhouse, Roof, and the many other white murderers who are allowed to surrender despite carrying weapons.
I just want the Makiah's and Elijah's and George's to have the same chance to defend themselves in court.
I just want the Makiah's and Elijah's and George's to have the same chance to defend themselves in court.
Ma'Khia - sorry for getting her name wrong. I wrote it from memory and should have checked.
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