Title: Lawyer: Video Proves Murder of 7-year-Girl by Detroit Plice Was ‘Not An Accident’ Source:
Associated Press URL Source:http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0517/la ... d-detroit-police-not-accident/ Published:May 18, 2010 Author:The Associated Press Post Date:2010-05-18 10:33:06 by Murron Keywords:None Views:3930 Comments:11
Lawyer: Video Proves Murder of 7-year-Girl by Detroit Plice Was ‘Not An Accident'
By The Associated Press
Monday, May 17th, 2010
A&E film crew for "The First 48" was present during police raid
An attorney for the family of a 7-year-old girl who was killed by a police officer's bullet during a weekend raid at their home said Monday that he saw video of the raid that contradicts the police department's version of what happened.
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger said he watched three or four minutes of video that showed police fired into the home after lobbing a flash grenade through the window. He said this contradicts the police department's story, which was that the officer's gun discharged during a struggle or collision inside the home with the girl's grandmother.
"There is no question about what happened because it's in the videotape," Fieger said. "It's not an accident. It's not a mistake. There was no altercation.
"The gun was fired before anyone goes through the door. There are lights all over, like it's a television set."
A camera crew for the cable television crime-reality series "The First 48" was at the raid, although Fieger declined to say whether the video he watched was shot by the crew.
A&E spokesman Dan Silberman said neither he nor anyone else from the network would comment about the case.
Fieger said more than one camera was recording at the scene.
"It demonstrates conclusively, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what happened in this case," the attorney said. "The pictures don't lie. It's got sound and everything."
Michigan State Police detectives have taken charge of the investigation.
Detroit police were trying to obtain any footage of the raid captured by the film crew, which had been shadowing city homicide investigators almost daily since early this year, Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said Monday.
Godbee said Detroit police would not be commenting on the tactics they employed during the raid, but that the department was not concerned that the film crew had any affect on how it was conducted.
The target of the search, a 34-year-old man suspected of killing a 17-year-old boy, was arrested in the upstairs unit at the two-family home. Police had warrants to search both units, and relatives of the girl were seen Monday going in and out of both.
This video is from My Fox Detroit, published May 17, 2010.
With Associated Press; Mochila insert follows...
Atty: Video shows police fired into Detroit home
Attorney: Video of Detroit raid contradicts police version of how Detroit girl was killed
COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE AP News
May 17, 2010 17:01 EDT
An attorney for the family of a 7-year-old girl who was killed by a police officer's bullet during a weekend raid at their home said Monday that he saw video of the raid that contradicts the police department's version of what happened.
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger said he watched three or four minutes of video that showed police fired into the home after lobbing a flash grenade through the window. He said this contradicts the police department's story, which was that the officer's gun discharged during a struggle or collision inside the home with the girl's grandmother.
"There is no question about what happened because it's in the videotape," Fieger said. "It's not an accident. It's not a mistake. There was no altercation.
"The gun was fired before anyone goes through the door. There are lights all over, like it's a television set."
A camera crew for the cable television crime-reality series "The First 48" was at the raid, although Fieger declined to say whether the video he watched was shot by the crew.
A&E spokesman Dan Silberman said neither he nor anyone else from the network would comment about the case.
Fieger said more than one camera was recording at the scene.
"It demonstrates conclusively, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what happened in this case," the attorney said. "The pictures don't lie. It's got sound and everything."
Michigan State Police detectives have taken charge of the investigation.
Detroit police were trying to obtain any footage of the raid captured by the film crew, which had been shadowing city homicide investigators almost daily since early this year, Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said Monday.
Godbee said Detroit police would not be commenting on the tactics they employed during the raid, but that the department was not concerned that the film crew had any affect on how it was conducted.
The target of the search, a 34-year-old man suspected of killing a 17-year-old boy, was arrested in the upstairs unit at the two-family home. Police had warrants to search both units, and relatives of the girl were seen Monday going in and out of both.
Boofer has aleady declared what the police did was AOK and since Boofer knows all about police work - he was a rent a one, once - and he's a veteran [which has nothing to do with anything but I thought I'd throw it in there the same way he does, i.e., for no apparent reason whatsoever] I'll defer to his expertise...
Boofer has aleady declared what the police did was AOK and since Boofer knows all about police work - he was a rent a one, once - and he's a veteran [which has nothing to do with anything but I thought I'd throw it in there the same way he does, i.e., for no apparent reason whatsoever] I'll defer to his expertise...
We each draw our own conclusion from what little information we are given, that does not necessarily mean we are 'wrong or right', we give our opinions on what info we have at the time.
Badeye was right about Detriot being a 'shitty' city, it's corrupt all over with a smathering of good people spread out. In a situation like this, it was nigh on impossible to call the shots from what we had to go on, this story could have gone either way , but it looks as though the cops in this situation are no better than the criminal element, they're just as sneaking, lying and corrupt as any sleazy polititian could be. jmho!
