White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's response to the police shooting of a knife-wielding black teen in Columbus:
“The killing of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant by Columbus police is tragic. She was a child. We are thinking of her friends and family and the communities that are grieving her loss,” Psaki said at a briefing when asked whether Biden had been briefed on the shooting, replying in the affirmative.
She went on to say:
“We know that police violence disproportionately impacts Black and Latino communities and that Black women and girls, like Black men and boys, experience higher rates of police violence. We also know that there are particular vulnerabilities that children in foster care like Ma'Khia face."
The shooting has already sparked protests in the city that threaten to spread nationwide.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is conducting an independent probe of the shooting according to Democrap Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther.
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