and it is why I mostly view Ma'Khia's actions as self-defense

It maybe doesn't matter now that she's already dead and not facing charges or a trial or anything. But I have great sympathy for a young girl essentially getting ambushed at home by her enemies.

Maybe the other girl even tried to stab her first, and the cop showed up right at the point where Ma'Khia had the knife? Wtf knows.

Domestic violence is complex shit.