Today with Dr. Kaye: Who is ultimately responsible for the safety of our children?

WEAA | By Karsonya Wise Whitehead

Published April 23, 2021 at 2:04 PM EDT

Ohio State students gather on High Street to protest the police shooting that killed Ma'Khia Bryant.

BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) —Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old Black girl, was fatally shot by a Columbus officer after calling police for help, according to family.

Family says, Bryant called 911 Tuesday afternoon after a group of “older kids” threatened to assault her.

Police killed Ma’Khia just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

The teen allegedly had a knife in her hand at the time of the shooting.

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Today With Dr. Kaye: 4-22-21- Hour 2

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Karsonya Wise Whitehead

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead is an associate professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and the award-winning author of Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis; a featured Public Commentator for WYPR and Op-Ed columnist for the Baltimore Sun; a K-12 master teacher in African American History; an award-winning curriculum writer and lesson plan developer; an award-winning former Baltimore City middle school teacher; and, a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker.

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