(Newsweek) CNN’s Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo have defended the police officer who shot dead Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old Black girl, in Columbus.
“Ohio is tough,” Lemon said as he and Cuomo discussed the shooting on air on Wednesday night. Bryant was shot dead on Tuesday, shortly before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Cuomo said he and Lemon had heard about the incident on social media on Tuesday evening while working on coverage of the Chauvin verdict.