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Title: Sleeping On Couch, Detroit Girl, 7, Fatally Shot By Cop
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
URL Source: http://www.freep.com/article/201005 ... oit-girl-7-fatally-shot-by-cop
Published: May 16, 2010
Author: BY NIARJ WARIKOO, SALLY TATO SNELL AND M
Post Date: 2010-05-16 16:23:02 by Brian S
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Views: 2956
Comments: 21
Aiyana Stanley Jones, 7 of Detroit, was shot and killed this morning after a Detroit Police officer's weapon discharged while executing a search warrant for a homicide suspect. A 7-year-old Detroit girl was shot and killed this morning after a Detroit Police officer’s weapon went off while executing a search warrant for a homicide suspect on the city’s east side, police said this morning. The officer involved is on paid leave pending the investigation, said Assistant Police Chief Ralph Godbee. The shooting occurred while officers from the police department’s Special Response Team were looking for a suspect connected to the Friday shooting death of 17-year-old Jarean Blake, a Southeastern High School student. And it comes at a time when the city is reeling from two weeks of tragic shooting deaths — including that of Detroit Police Officer Brian Huff on May 3. In today’s incident, officers threw a flash bang device — which causes a bright flash and noise — into a home at 4054 Lillibridge on the city’s east side at about 12:45 a.m., and immediately entered, guns drawn, said Godbee. The 46-year-old grandmother of the girl shot was in the front room of the house and had a physical tussle with the first officer when his gun discharged, hitting Aiyana Stanley Jones in the head and neck area, police said. She was sleeping on a couch in the room. "I seen the light go out of her eyes," Mertilla Jones, 47, grandmother of the girl, wailed today at the Detroit home. She repeated it several times, crying. “Blood was running down her mouth…They killed my grandbaby.” Family members said the girl was outgoing, friendly, and loved to sing and dance. She was fond of entertainer Hannah Montana. Medics with the team took the girl to St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The department’s chaplains have been in contact with the family, Godbee said. The shooting is still under investigation, he said. And the department offers its condolences to Aiyana’s family. “We have executed countless high risk warrants where children have been present,” Godbee told the Free Press this morning. “This was a perfect storm for tragedy.” The woman involved in the tussle has been taken into custody, as is the suspect sought in Blake’s death, although no charges have been issued yet. Police did not release names of either the woman or the suspect. The Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality will host a candlelight vigil at the home where Jones died today: 8 p.m. at 4054 Lillibridge, Detroit.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Fucking cops...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Poor little girl. How could his weapon have accidentally discharged? I guess he had it drawn when they entered the home.
Ya, I hope you never forget it you dumb cunt. It's your fault.
Gee, aba daba boyu, all I know is you follow my around the net, copy my posts into your tagline, and post to me without reason .... badeye
F'n pigs of the DPD have had a hard-on this past week since they had to bury one of their own. No doubt they will all sleep better tonight.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
Lousy sons a bitches didn't even give the innocent a chance to vacate the house before they barged in, guns drawn like the yellow bellied cowards they are....it's one thing to slaughter a persons pet, but when they fking go nuts and kill your children....these people are just too g-d damn incompetant, and stupid to be cops.
'...had a physical tussle with the officer...' Look in the mirror, grandma, you got your grandkid killed. Ya'll haven't been to Detriot, have you? It makes Venezuela look 'calm'. for the past five decades.
I can see November from my House.
Look in the mirror, grandma, you got your grandkid killed. Ya'll haven't been to Detriot, have you? It makes Venezuela look 'calm'. for the past five decades. We wern't there BE, that's their tale, not hers, anything could have happened, they could have been pushing her around..they have to cover their butts. I believe if they suspected a killer in the house, they should have given the other's a chance to come out, and that little girl might still be alive.
'We weren't there, BE....' Okay. Wanna revise YOUR first comment in that light? Its pretty clear somebody talked to the grandmother, she's quoted later in the article. If you've been to Detriot any time in the past five decades, you know its a third world hell hole, Murron. I'm not saying the cops acted correctly. I am saying if this 46 year old grandma went nuts and fought with a cop that has his gun drawn yelling 'search warrant' AFTER a flashbang has gone off...she got her grand daughgter killed as surely as if she pulled the trigger herself. I know it SUCKS. I know its a horrific story. I do feel terrible for the little girl. But watch and see what happens in Detriot sometime very very soon. Those that are trying to clean it up (see the money being invested to remove thousands of abandoned buildings) are being fought by those that like it the way it is, a third world shit hole.
I can see November from my House.
"I seen the light go out of her eyes," Mertilla Jones, 47, grandmother of the girl, wailed today at the Detroit home. She repeated it several times, crying. “Blood was running down her mouth…They killed my grandbaby.” The woman involved in the tussle has been taken into custody, as is the suspect sought in Blake’s death, although no charges have been issued yet. Police did not release names of either the womanr or the suspect. The way this article was written, it looks like there were two g-mothers, one 47yrs old, the other 46yrs old, one named, the other wasn't....lousy reporting, confusing...
I agree with what you're saying, no argument there. I did some searching on this story and I think it was the little girls mother that came in contact with the officer. They threw in a flash granade, then busted in...at 1:00 AM in the morning. Emotions are running high on both sides of this. There are those who handle firearms regularly saying that a gun can't go off on it's own accidently, you have to pull the trigger. Then there are those calling these raids 'little WACO's'..'one house at a time... I think you're sooo right about this summer, and it's not that hot yet..
Something I can agree with both of you on. This 'incident' just adds kindling to the pending firestorm. It will indeed be an event such as this that will be the trigger. In Detroits case, it will just help expedite the 10,000 home demolition project. It is all good.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
...the "physical tussle" could have been the cop throwing the grandma to the floor.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
They were niggers. They have no rights.
Good point...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Yes, it is 'confusing'. Poorly written, in other words. The plain fact, that some don't want to acknowledge, is well over 99% of all interactions between cops and civilians along these lines are done in full accordance with existing laws, and procedures. That why my first reaction is to always give the cops the 'benefit of doubt' until its shown that benefit of doubt is in error. I'd like to know the history of the person the search warrant was for. Cause you can bet the cops entering this house knew it well. Was there a history of violence? Gun related, or otherwise? We'll see.
I can see November from my House.
Geezus fuck Boof...read the goddam article.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Betcha that demolition gets stopped via court action within 90 days.
I can see November from my House.
Thats a disgusting comment.
I can see November from my House.
They were black people. I don't know if your description was fitting or not, but I suspect you are probably right.
Your title is all wrong. We use the no gnu taxes rule here. If people are black, they are to be referred to as "Obama voters". The correct title is: "Obama voters resist arrest; ringleader killed".
You forgot to include the probability of their working for ACORN.
Making the world safe for United Fruit.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
"I seen the light go out of her eyes,"
#4. To: Fred Mertz, War (#2)
#5. To: Brian S (#0)
(Edited)
#6. To: Brian S (#0)
#7. To: Badeye (#6)
'...had a physical tussle with the officer...'
#8. To: Murron (#7)
#9. To: Badeye (#8)
"The 46-year-old grandmother of the girl shot was in the front room of the house andhad a physical tussle with the first officer when his gun discharged, hitting Aiyana Stanley Jones in the head and neck area, police said. She was sleeping on a couch in the room.
#10. To: Badeye (#8)
But watch and see what happens in Detriot sometime very very soon. Those that are trying to clean it up (see the money being invested to remove thousands of abandoned buildings) are being fought by those that like it the way it is, a third world shit hole.
#11. To: Murron (#10)
I think you're sooo right about this summer, and it's not that hot yet..
#12. To: Badeye (#6)
(Edited)
Look in the mirror, grandma, you got your grandkid killed.
#13. To: war (#12)
...the "physical tussle", could have been the cop throwing the grandma to the floor.
#14. To: Bartcoprules (#13)
#15. To: Murron (#9)
#16. To: Boofer (#15)
#17. To: Brian S (#11)
#18. To: Bartcoprules (#13)
#19. To: Bartcoprules (#13)
They were niggers.
#20. To: Brian S (#0)
#21. To: Skip Intro (#20)
The correct title is: "Obama voters resist arrest; ringleader killed".
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