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Columbus police officer who shot Ma’Khia Bryant cleared of criminal wrongdoing

… Bryant was killed in April 2021 by officer Nicholas Reardon as she swung a knife at a young woman, seconds after pushing another woman to the ground. Bryant was Black. Reardon is white.

Police were responding to a 911 call from Bryant’s foster home about a group of girls threatening to stab members of the household.

The killing led to a US justice department review of the police department in the Ohio capital.

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