Val Demings: officer who shot Ma'Khia Bryant 'responded as he was trained'

[Judi Lynn]

Congresswoman: officers ‘have to make split-second decisions’

Demings: time as former police chief informs her perspective

Amanda Holpuch
@holpuch
Sun 25 Apr 2021 15.43 EDT

Val Demings, a Democratic congresswoman and former police chief, said on Sunday the officer who fatally shot teenager Ma’Khia Bryant in Ohio this week “responded as he was trained to do”.

In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation, Demings spoke about the Columbus officer’s actions and how her time as Orlando police chief informed her perspective on police reform.

Ma’Khia, 16, was shot and killed on Tuesday, about 20 minutes before the former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis last year.

Franklin county, where Ma’Khia was killed, has one of the highest rates of fatal police shootings in the US.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/25/val-demings-makhia-bryant-killing

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As a former police chief, Rep. Demmings has a qualified perspective on use of force.