{"id":443111,"date":"2021-04-22T17:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=443111"},"modified":"2021-04-22T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:35:59","slug":"i-held-her-i-watched-her-as-she-died-unhinged-activists-ignore-knife-crime-victims-to-claim-that-knife-fights-are-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-held-her-i-watched-her-as-she-died-unhinged-activists-ignore-knife-crime-victims-to-claim-that-knife-fights-are-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Held Her. I Watched Her As She Died.\u2019 Unhinged Activists Ignore Knife Crime Victims To Claim That \u2018Knife Fights\u2019 Are Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-held-her-i-watched-her-as-she-died-unhinged-activists-ignore-knife-crime-victims-to-claim-that-knife-fights-are-normal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=443111&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3342.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>The response by many to Ma\u2019Khai Bryant\u2019s death earlier this week was one of condemnation. Despite Bryant appearing to be moments away from stabbing another black teenage girl, a police officer\u2019s decision to shoot Bryant to prevent such a crime has been decried as another example of racist and systemic police brutality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The most bizarre examples of this viewpoint involved the notion that \u201cknife fights\u201d are normal elements of a functioning and civilized society, and are far from deadly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After news broke of Bryant\u2019s death, former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett tweeted, \u201cA Black teenage girl named Ma\u2019Khia Bryant was killed because a police officer immediately decided to shoot her multiple times in order to break up a knife fight. Demand accountability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFight for justice,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8888888888889\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Black teenage girl named Ma\u2019Khia Bryant was killed because a police officer immediately decided to shoot her multiple times in order to break up a knife fight. Demand accountability. \u00a0 Fight for justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieJarrett\/status\/1384888056621174786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cComedian\u201d Kathy Griffin implied that knife fights are regular occurrences in neighborhoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWARNING. How in the hell does this police officer think it\u2019s a good idea to fire shots blindly into a group of teenagers having a fight. Yes one of them has a knife. Oh, that never happened in your school or neighborhood? She didn\u2019t deserve to die. 16 years old,\u201d she tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.295454545455\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WARNING. How in the hell does this police officer think it\u2019s a good idea to fire shots blindly into a group of teenagers having a fight. Yes one of them has a knife. Oh, that never happened in your school or neighborhood? She didn\u2019t deserve to die. 16 years old. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/makhiabryant?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#makhiabryant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hnimSwnG7s\">https:\/\/t.co\/hnimSwnG7s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathygriffin\/status\/1384714413811277828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Activist and filmmaker Bree Newsome tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span>Teenagers have been having fights including fights involving knives for eons. We do not need police to address these situations by showing up to the scene &#038; using a weapon against one of the teenagers. Y\u2019all need help. I mean that sincerely.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.524691358025\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Teenagers have been having fights including fights involving knives for eons. We do not need police to address these situations  by showing up to the scene &#038; using a weapon against one of the teenagers. Y\u2019all need help. I mean that sincerely.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DEFUND &#038; ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES (@BreeNewsome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreeNewsome\/status\/1384725341550305281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As Hank Berrien for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teen-girl-stabs-another-teen-to-death-day-before-dems-leftists-slam-cop-for-preventing-stabbing-death\">The Daily Wire<\/a> pointed out, however, the obvious human impact of such knife \u201cfights\u201d discussed so casually by these frankly unhinged activists was made all too clear, just 100 miles away in Winton Hills, Ohio one day prior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe day before, just 100 miles away, in Winton Hills, Ohio, a 13-year-old girl was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/family-devastated-after-13-year-old-stabbed-by-former-friend-during-fight-dies\/36180426#\"><span>stabbed in the neck<\/span><\/a><span> by another 13-year-old girl and died that night in her father\u2019s arms. No police were there to prevent the violent incident and save the victim\u2019s life,\u201d The Daily Wire reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c13-year-old Nyaira Givens died at Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital after she was stabbed during a fight near her family\u2019s home. Both girls attended Aiken High School, where they were in seventh grade,\u201d the report added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Givens\u2019 father, Maurice Jackson, provided a heartbreaking account of her final moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI held her. I watched her as she died. I watched her, you know. All I could do was just hold her, hold her. I tried. I tried to stop the bleeding,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJust tried my best to protect her and be the father I could be, you know?\u201d Jackson added. \u201cI guess I didn\u2019t pay attention to all the other stuff that was going on around her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShe was a great daughter. A great friend. All of the above. Until the end,\u201d Jackson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/news\/local-news\/hamilton-county\/cincinnati\/winton-hills\/friends-family-gather-to-remember-13-year-old-stabbed-to-death-in-winton-hills\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The brutal fact is that police officers often stand as the last remaining line between civilization and chaos, and their presence or lack thereof is a matter of life and death for victims like Givens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Griffin tweeted that Ma\u2019Khia Bryant \u201cdidn\u2019t deserve to die\u201d as she attempted to stab another young girl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neither did Nyaira Givens, a 13-year-old child who was killed because no police officer was there to \u201cbreak up a knife fight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The response by many to Ma\u2019Khai Bryant\u2019s death earlier this week was one of condemnation. 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