Today is Thursday, April 22nd, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements, presented

by Betcha's media.

I'm Sammy Sage.

On Tuesday, just minutes after the verdict in the dark, Shobin Case was announced, a

Columbus, Ohio police officer shot and killed a black girl named Makia Bryant, who was

16 years old.

According to her aunt, Makia called the police for help with an altercation, and when Columbus

police arrived and saw she had a knife, they shot her four times.

The officer has since been placed on administrative leave.

And here's the fact that it's good to have handy.

Police have killed 319 people so far this year, and there have only been three days in

2021 where police did not kill someone.

Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Justice Department probe into the

culture and practices of the Minneapolis Police Department, called a pattern or practice

civil investigation.

It's about time.

The new examination will go beyond George Floyd's case to determine whether the Minneapolis

Department has engaged in systemic misconduct that constituted unconstitutional or unlawful

policing.

This case marks the first federal probe into a local police department under President

Biden, and the mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Price as he welcomes the investigation.

Meanwhile, police in Loveland, Colorado arrested and broke the arm of a 73-year-old woman

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