re: Update: all charges dropped against cop-SWAT storm house, kills 7 year old girl

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I meant the fact that the swat team was there. If mr Owens wouldn't have killed the teen there wouldn't have been a cop in the house who couldn't properly handle his weapon. It's a sad, tragic accident, if I read the story correctly.

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Appearing this morning on WJR-AM 760 with host Paul W. Smith, Fieger elaborated on the footage, which he says contradicts the department's preliminary account, and suggested the Special Response Team's original search warrant covered only the lower level apartment where Aiyana was shot, not the upper-level apartment where they apprehended the murder suspect they were seeking.

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Following the shooting, various outlets reported that neighbors told police there were children in the house and showed them toys in the front yard. At Sunday's press conference, Assistant Police Chief Ralph Godbee refused to comment on those reports while the department moved forward with its investigation. "It's worse than that," Fieger said. "It shows this in the video. There's a gentleman by the name of Mr. Robinson who lives in the home. He was out walking his dogs when they arrived. They took him and threw him to the ground and stood on his neck. He said, 'There are children living in the home. There are children in the home.' And just after that they walk up on the porch and throw an incendiary grenade into it. So it's worse than even you know." Flash grenade landed on Aiyana as she slept: Detroit police confirmed they threw a flash grenade into Aiyana's home as a diversionary tactic before ramming the door and entering during the execution of a high-risk, no-knock search warrant. Godbee said this week officers believed the suspect they were seeking could be armed and dangerous. In the wake of the shooting, Aiyana's father told the Detroit Free Press the flash grenade landed on the couch where Aiyana was sleeping, possibly burning her before she was shot. Fieger, who has met with the family, suggested that account was accurate.

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