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Liberal Media Caught Spreading Lies About Ohio Police Shooting

The left-leaning online media outlet The Daily Beast has been battered for spreading blatant lies about the unfortunate shooting of an Ohio teen by police.

Word of yet another police-involved shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, came almost on the heels of the guilty verdict being read in the Derek  Chauvin trial. However, there were marked differences in the two incidents, one that the Daily Beast simply chose to ignore to support their own liberal agenda and anti-law enforcement agenda.  

Social media users ripped The Daily Beast for publishing misinformation about the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on Tuesday.

In its initial reporting, the liberal site suggested that when police showed up on the scene, Bryant was unarmed, and a knife was found lying “on the ground.” However, when Columbus police released body camera footage of the incident, the video revealed that Bryant was attacking two other females, one of whom she pushed and the other she swung at with a knife.

An officer shot Bryant four times before she collapsed to the ground. She died at the hospital after being taken there in critical condition. 

In its original report, The Daily Beast quoted Bryant’s aunt, Hazel Bryant, as its primary source. She told reporters her niece was the one who called the police and that she was given no warning before they shot at her. She added the police would “lie” about the altercation with her niece.

“The police are going to lie,” she said. “The police are going to cover up for themselves. They don’t care. At this point, I feel like they’re just out to kill Black people. They’re not here to protect and serve. That isn’t happening. That’s been over a long time ago. They’re not here to protect and serve. They’re here to kill Black folks.”

However, the bodycam footage indicates that Bryant had a knife in hand, ready to thrust it into the girl with whom she was fighting as she was shot.

After the bodycam footage came out and it showed Bryant attacking two other people, The Daily Beast updated its story accordingly. 

“Yes, the media is lying to you,” said Parkland shooting survivor and conservative activist Kyle Kashuv, sharing screenshots of the Daily Beast’s initial misleading report on Twitter.

NPR, another “news” outlet with a clear liberal bias, was also forced to update its story after reviewing the police footage. The outlet added an unusual disclaimer at the bottom of their coverage, telling readers, “Some facts reported by the media may later turn out to be wrong.” 

Conservative writer Allahpundit pinpointed several other examples of misleading headlines that were pushed out prematurely to seemingly spin a narrative about systemic racism among police.

The Ohio Department of Investigation is looking into the fatal incident.