CNN guest suggests a social worker could have prevented Ma’Khia Bryant shooting
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A CNN guest suggested on Thursday that a social worker could have prevented the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio and the liberal network’s anchors didn’t bother to ask how one could have intervened.
"Now currently in Columbus, Ohio, we do have a mobile crisis response team. And that’s where a mental health specialist is paired with an officer and shows up on scene," Favor continued. "And they are able to diffuse some of the situations when residents are in the midst of a crisis." Replacing police officers with social workers has been a talking point from the left for months as the "Defund the Police" movement gained momentum among liberals following the 2020 killing of George Floyd. However, it’s unclear how a social worker would have helped Bryant, who was captured by police body camera footage lunging at another woman with a knife before being shot by a police officer.More Related News