A police officer, challenged by a disrespectful, foolish fired-up heckler, has gone viral for responding with a simple question that simply destroyed the left’s narrative about the police shooting death of a Columbus, Ohio, teenager. This from westerjournal.com.
In the video, which had received 1.4 million views as of Sunday afternoon, a police officer was asked by an agitated young troublemaker, “Are you gonna kill me like Ma’Khia Bryant?”
Bryant was a 16-year-old foster child who was shot and killed by a member of Columbus law enforcement on Tuesday as she appeared to be swinging a knife at another girl and posing a substantial threat to the girl’s life.
“No,” the individual replied indignantly before exploding in scoffs and profanity, calling the officer “goofy” and telling him to get “outta here.”
BLM activist: “Are ya’ll gonna kill me like Ma’Khia Bryant?”
Cop: “Are you gonna stab somebody like her?”
BOOM
— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) April 23, 2021
Ironically, the young man told the members of law enforcement seen in the video that the officer would go viral — which he certainly has, as this conversation perfectly sums up the dead-end narrative of Black Lives Matter and other anti-police progressive rhetoricians.
Bryant’s would-be victim was also heard on bodycam footage telling another officer that the deceased teen had come at her with a knife, which is why the officer had fired on her.
This unwitting anti-cop rabble rouser in the now-viral video walked right into his own trap — by responding “no” without thinking, he answered his own question. He most likely would not be killed by any member of law enforcement were he to simply refrain from stabbing another person in front of an officer of the peace.
Watching this exchange was like watching the whole anti-cop outrage cycle after every police shooting death play out in a mere moment — anger and rage that dissolve into nothing more than frustrated, meaningless abuses when confronted with the truth.
It’s easy enough and even understandable to be outraged over the news of a teenager being shot by police. It’s natural to react with concern and treat such a horrific incident with disgust.
However, it’s dishonest to discount the moments that led up to the shooting–wind back the tape and play it through fully before passing judgement. When another human life is being threatened, lethal force is most often justifiable — it has to be in order for police officers to do their jobs.
Meanwhile, it is just plain callous to diminish the value of the lives of those around her who may have been subject to violence at her hands, like the girl who was threatened by Bryant’s knife. Didn’t her life matter, too?
The truth is, cops don’t kill black people — or anyone else, for that matter — at anywhere near the rate the activists would have you believe.
They are well-trained and sorely underappreciated, and it is a sheer luxury to sit around on Twitter and bicker about whether they could have disarmed her with a Taser in the leg, or whatever silly notions internet keyboard warriors come up with when they’re poorly feigning expertise on de-escalating violent situations.
Every single member of law enforcement is, however, sworn to protect and serve, and the evidence is significant that this was precisely the duty the police officer who tragically shot Ma’Khia Bryant was carrying out.
