BY BELLA TRINKO AND ALAINA INOUYE

STAFF WRITERS

Only twenty minutes before Derek Chauvin was announced guilty, Ma’khia Bryant was shot four times in the chest and killed by police officer Nicholas Reardon. Earlier that afternoon, Ma’khia Bryant had called the police, stating that someone was trying to stab her and her younger sister. When the police arrived, they saw that Bryant was holding a knife and charging at a woman. Police officer Nicholas Reardon responded to the scene by fatally shooting Ma’khia Bryant. Some people say that although it was a tragedy, the killing of the sixteen-year-old child was necessary because she was armed. However, crisis response experts say that through de-escalating the situation, there was a way to resolve the situation and keep everyone alive.

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