Ohio county where girl, 16, was killed is state’s deadliest for police shootings

<p>Franklin county, where Ma’Khia Bryant was shot dead by an officer, saw 38 people killed by police between 2015 and 2020</p><p>The Ohio county where a Black teenage girl was shot dead on Tuesday has one of highest rates of fatal police shootings in the US, according to a recent study highlighting the disparate treatment Black Americans face at the hands of law enforcement.</p><p>Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, was shot and killed by a police officer in Columbus, Franklin county, about 20 minutes before the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-verdict-guilty-murder-george-floyd">convicted of murdering George Floyd</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/21/makhia-bryant-ohio-county-deadliest-police-shootings">Continue reading...</a>