Candace Owens says Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, was trying to ‘butcher another human’ when she was ‘killed by cop’
CANDACE Owens has shockingly branded a 16-year-old who was killed by police a "knife-wielding maniac" - and called the cop who shot her dead a "hero".
The teen, named by family as , was killed by officer Nicholas Reardon in on Tuesday, moments before Derek of murdering
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showed two females arguing, as one was thrown to the ground.
The girl standing appeared to have a weapon in her hand – which police said was a knife – and moved against a vehicle with another female.
As the pair moved toward the vehicle, the girl who cops say had a blade raised her arm.
Someone could be heard yelling "Get down!" multiple times as officer Reardon immediately pulled out his gun and fired repeated shots.
The girl then collapsed on the ground. Several seconds passed before police performing CPR.
It comes as:
- Ma'khia Bryant, 16, was fatally shot by cops in Ohio
- Celebrations erupted across the US after killer cop
- Daunte Wright cop told 'you're next b***h' as she is bombarded with
- Candace Owens tells Tucker Carlson
- Moment Biden tell George Floyd's family
Following the release of the footage, controversial right-wing commentator shared her opinions of the incident on Twitter.
"Makhia Bryant was a knife-wielding maniac," Owens wrote.
"But the goal now is to convince black people to celebrate criminality so I’m really excited to learn about how heroic, kind, and inspiring this knife-wielding maniac was."'
Owens' remarks drew a great deal of backlash, with journalist Imara Jones pointing out that Bryant "was 16".
"I do not care," Owens thundered back in response. "Normal sixteen year olds do not attempt to butcher another human being to death with a knife.
"Neither her skin color or her age absolves her from any guilt."
She continued: "The responding officer is a hero."
The cop who fired the fatal shots has since been identified as, who has been a Columbus police officer since December 2019.
He has been placed on paid leave while an investigation into the matter is carried out.
Owens made the shocking comments just hours after she called "mob justice" while speaking with , who asked if the trial was "giving up civilization."
"What we're seeing is mob justice," Owens said in response to Carlson. "It now means that the can get whatever they want."
on Carlson's show following trial,
This, Owens argued,
"This was not a fair trial. No person can say this was a fair trial."
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"You'd think in a country like ours, you'd think the most civilized and most just," Carlson asked. "Here you have to consider a murder case through the lens of politics. When you get to that point, haven't you already given up on civilization?
"And what we're really seeing is mob justice and that's really what happened with this entire trial this was not a trial about or Derek Chauvin," Owens responded.