The report found that Black girls as young as five years old are held to adultlike standard and, in turn, receive harsher punishments for their behaviour. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...A video subsequently released by police — and it does shift the calculus — covers an 11-second span after Reardon, a 23-year-old white police officer, got out of his car. Ma’Khia can be seen charging at one female with what appears to be a kitchen knife in her hand. Her foster mom said that Ma’Khia had been involved in a fight with two other girls at the residence over sloppy housekeeping. But why would a garden-variety argument result in Ma’Khia allegedly swinging a knife at another girl?

Source: thestar April 25, 2021 20:26 UTC