So now cops are racist even when they save a black person’s life? That’s the warped logic of the fury over the shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant. Bryant was a 16-year-old African-American girl who was shot dead by police in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, not long before the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case was read out. Cue online anger and activist rage. ‘Black lives matter!’, people cried. Yes, they do. Which is why that police officer shot at Bryant – because she was about to stab another black girl. ‘Black lives matter’ seems to have been the motivation for the cop’s behaviour.
The speed with which the killing of Bryant was folded into the woke, BLM narrative was extraordinary. And foolish. Because it quickly became very clear that this incident was more complicated than the virtue-signalling set realised. Police were called to a confrontation between young women in Columbus. Part of the bodycam footage from the officer who shot Bryant – Nicholas Reardon – has now been released. It clearly shows that Bryant was carrying a large knife and was closing in on one of the girls. Bryant seemed ready to lunge. Reardon opened fire. He saved a black girl from possible death or certainly from serious injury. Racist? Get real.
If BLM’s online army had waited for all the information, they wouldn’t have made such arses of themselves. Another cop killing another black person, they all sighed. Get ready to protest again, they said. LeBron James tweeted an image of Nicholas Reardon with the words ‘YOU’RE NEXT’ and the hourglass emoji, the implication being that Reardon was another Chauvin and he would soon get his just desserts. For helping a black girl who seemed to be in imminent and mortal danger? James later deleted the tweet, when more facts came out, but not before it was liked and shared thousands of times.
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(1) Fear and Loathing Make a Cop’s Job Harder
(2) Stop Demonizing the Columbus Police Officer
(3) Trial By Mob: Chauvin Jury Punts So They Can Leave
(4) Derek Chauvin – the devil the woke elites needed
(5) Biden, Dems rush to rewrite Chauvin trial narrative for political gain
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