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Update: all charges dropped against cop-SWAT storm house, kills 7 year old girl
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:06 am
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:06 am
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A Detroit police officer accused of manslaughter in the death of a 7-year-old girl will go on trial this week, as national attention remains focused on the militarization of U.S. law enforcement and police violence perpetrated against people of color. Aiyana Stanley-Jones was sleeping in her home on the east side of Detroit on the night of May 16, 2010, when officers barged into the house. They were conducting a police raid in search of a murder suspect who lived at that address -- and being filmed for a reality TV show in the process -- when Officer Joseph Weekley accidentally fired his gun. What exactly caused him to fire is still a matter of dispute. But the shot killed Aiyana.
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Update: all charges have been dismissed against the officer who pulled the trigger. LINK
Protect and serve. Disgusting.
What would you do if that was your little girl?
This post was edited on 2/1/15 at 10:09 am
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Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:07 am to NYNolaguy1
There would have been more than one death if that was my child
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:09 am to NYNolaguy1
While this is a terrible tragedy. shite happens when you harbor a fugitive.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:09 am to NYNolaguy1
I would have killed that POS on the spot. I don't even care if I get killed
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:10 am to NYNolaguy1
From the article
Does Mr. Owens have any culpability in this?
quote:
It was a little after midnight when the Detroit Police Special Response Team, a unit similar to a SWAT team, descended on the Stanely-Jones residence in search of murder suspect Chauncey Owens, who lived upstairs. Owens was suspected of having killed a teenager a few days earlier, a charge for which he would eventually be convicted.
Does Mr. Owens have any culpability in this?
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:23 am to NYNolaguy1
I hate the police for the most part.
But it is funny to see the badasses show up in these threads. "I'd have killed the cop"
But it is funny to see the badasses show up in these threads. "I'd have killed the cop"
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:38 am to NYNolaguy1
This affects more than people of color.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:45 am to NYNolaguy1
quote:
Officer Joseph Weekley accidentally fired his gun.
I think they mean negligently fired his gun.
Never heard of an accidental discharge.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:47 am to NYNolaguy1
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when Officer Joseph Weekley accidentally fired his gun.
Trained professional.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:52 am to NYNolaguy1
People keep trying to figure out who to blame but it seems to me that multiple people deserve the blame here.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:58 am to NYNolaguy1
Is there a more dangerous and inefficient way of arresting a suspect than a SWAT raid?
Posted on 10/18/14 at 11:08 am to NYNolaguy1
quote:Naturally. Bad arse SWAT will take you down, mother fricker! [Or, at least, that's what he was going for. Maybe they can get his psychiatric therapy and trial on TV too.]
being filmed for a reality TV show in the process
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 11:09 am
Posted on 10/18/14 at 11:47 am to NYNolaguy1
I'd like to see the qualifications for the SWAT officers this department uses. All of the SWAT guys I know have plenty of military experience and are 100% accountable for their guns at all times. Most of them even offer gun training courses. They would not have something like this happen, and their departments don't hire idiots with no experience either.
Guns don't accidentally go off (except for a few rare cases). People pulling the trigger makes guns go off, so he either had his finger on the trigger while going through the house and bumped something, or shot into a room with a young kid in it. Either way, he should be convicted of negligent homicide
Eta: So the grandma grabbed the gun and he just started shooting all over the place? Still negligent homicide. His finger shouldn't have been on the trigger while fighting an old lady. frick, his finger shouldn't be on the trigger fighting anyone for that matter because it will probably go off
Guns don't accidentally go off (except for a few rare cases). People pulling the trigger makes guns go off, so he either had his finger on the trigger while going through the house and bumped something, or shot into a room with a young kid in it. Either way, he should be convicted of negligent homicide
Eta: So the grandma grabbed the gun and he just started shooting all over the place? Still negligent homicide. His finger shouldn't have been on the trigger while fighting an old lady. frick, his finger shouldn't be on the trigger fighting anyone for that matter because it will probably go off
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 11:54 am
Posted on 10/18/14 at 11:51 am to NYNolaguy1
Harboring a fugitive is a felony, correct?
Couldn't the grandparents get charged with the murder of their granddaughter if they were indeed found to be harbouring a fugitive?
Couldn't the grandparents get charged with the murder of their granddaughter if they were indeed found to be harbouring a fugitive?
Posted on 10/18/14 at 1:04 pm to NYNolaguy1
Posted on 10/19/14 at 1:53 pm to NYNolaguy1
While this is a horrible horrible tradegy, what do you folks suggest? Hey I got idea you be a police officer, with the holier then thou attitude yall got, I'm sure nothing will ever go wrong that would permanently devastate yalls lives like this little girls family and the cops forever.
Hey how about we just disband all police forces and bring in the military to protect us while we sleep. Don't like that? Hmmm let's just get rid of all security that we have, no police, no military no rent a cops with their flash lights. I'm sure that would work out super.
Hey how about we just disband all police forces and bring in the military to protect us while we sleep. Don't like that? Hmmm let's just get rid of all security that we have, no police, no military no rent a cops with their flash lights. I'm sure that would work out super.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 2:33 pm to NYNolaguy1
I'd imagine that someone will have to do a lot of explaining on why the officer's finger was in the trigger well so that, if true, being struck by Grandma could result in a accidental/negligent discharge. He said it wasn't but otherwise the shooting wouldn't have occurred.
Also why would someone be tossing flashbangs with officers already in the house?
As some posters have alluded, you can't claim to be professionals and conduct yourselves like amateurs.
Side note: As of 2006, Michigan law defines anyone who has an outstanding arrest warrant as a "fugitive". Escape from custody is no longer a requirement.
Also why would someone be tossing flashbangs with officers already in the house?
As some posters have alluded, you can't claim to be professionals and conduct yourselves like amateurs.
Side note: As of 2006, Michigan law defines anyone who has an outstanding arrest warrant as a "fugitive". Escape from custody is no longer a requirement.
Posted on 2/1/15 at 10:45 am to NYNolaguy1
frick the police
Posted on 2/1/15 at 11:26 am to NYNolaguy1
Considering the guy was actually there....and if the grandmother interfered as the story stated....
They were right to drop the charges.
If you strike a gun, both setting it off and moving the aim of the gun, you can't sit there and blame the officer for the ramifications. It is an accident by every definition of the term, and one that the striking individual holds more blame than the officer.
They were right to drop the charges.
If you strike a gun, both setting it off and moving the aim of the gun, you can't sit there and blame the officer for the ramifications. It is an accident by every definition of the term, and one that the striking individual holds more blame than the officer.
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