Three Democratic members of Congress are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the foster care experience that preceded the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant in Ohio
Three Democratic members of Congress are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the foster care experience of Ma’Khia Bryant that preceded theU.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, along with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, penned a letter last week on behalf of Bryant’s parents, asking the federal agency to look into the teen’s experience through the foster care system.
Bryant’s family previously told the Associated Press that the teen and her younger sister were the ones who called for help. The letter, which was released today, also asks the federal agency’s Office of Civil Rights to launch its own independent investigation to examine if the state and the county foster care systems were in compliance with federal non-discrimination services.under scrutiny include Bryant being placed in five different foster homes within two years. The foster home she was staying in at the time of her death was the scene of more than a dozen 911 calls since 2017.
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