Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) is weighing in on the shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.
Bryant, who charged two women with a knife, was fatally shot by a Columbus police officer last week. This sparked protests in Columbus, Ohio’s state capital.
During Sunday’s interview on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Demings called the incident a “sad moment.”
Demings, a former police chief in Orlando, continued to say that an “officer on the street” has to “make those split-second decisions, and they’re tough.”
She added, with the “limited information” she knows and after viewing the body-camera video, “It appears the officer responded as he was trained to do.”
Former Orlando police chief @RepValDemings weighs in on the Ma’Khia Bryant shooting:
"It appears the officer responded as he was trained to do," she tells @jdickerson based on footage she's seen.She calls the incident a "sad moment." pic.twitter.com/HuVs13MBsJ
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) April 25, 2021
Seeing the video, that thugger deserved to be removed from the breathing population of this planet!
Why is it that this entire race is too stupid to comply with lawful orders from cops? They fight, drive off, run, attack the cop, they do everything to escalate the situation. I have been in trouble with the cops for years and never gotten beaten up or shot, cuz when they shout out a order I do what I’m told!
She’s absolutely right.