Black People : 7-year-old girl killed in Detroit police raid



'First 48' role debated in Detroit girl's death

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20100518...debated-in-Detroit-girl-s-death#ixzz0oHenNzfj

Detroit -- When police fired off a flash grenade and stormed into an east-side flat, film was rolling.

Now some are questioning whether that influenced the events that led to the death of a 7-year-old girl.

The killing of Aiyana Jones during a police raid being filmed by a camera crew for the show "The First 48" raises concerns for some over the relationship between police departments and reality television shows, a relationship that trades exciting video for the promise of positive publicity and improved morale.

The camera crew of "The First 48" was not inside the home on Lillibridge Street when Detroit police detectives, using a no-knock warrant, threw a flash grenade into the home and burst through the door, police said. Moments after the grenade was launched, a police gun discharged, and a bullet struck Aiyana in the neck, according to preliminary accounts.

The show is cooperating with police in the probe, and investigators have examined the footage taken by the crew at the scene early Sunday morning.

Detroit's Homicide Section is regularly featured on "The First 48," which airs on the A&E Network. The show documents the first 48 hours of homicide investigations as detectives scramble to solve crimes while the trail is still warm. The show is gritty -- showing plenty of bodies with faces blurred.

What kind of society is that????Only a demonic civilization can have no problem with such voyeurism,everything have to be put on TV.Back then they put aboriginals people in Zoo in Europe,this is not really different today with those TV show who film us like we are animals....And negroes still can't understand why this civilization have to be doomed...
 
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Fieger says police shooting no accident, he has proof

Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger said Monday he viewed videotape that shows the gunshot that killed 7-year-old Aiyana Jones came from police outside the house -- not after an incident involving the girl's grandmother inside, as Detroit police officials have said.

"It's not an accident. It's not a mistake. There was no altercation," Fieger said. "The bullet was shot from outside the house."

But a man outside the home when police raided it said Monday that he is certain the gun went off inside, not outside, after two or three officers went in.

"As soon as they pressed the door, the gun went off," said Mark Robinson, 19, who said he is a cousin of the slain girl.

Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee has said that the shot was fired inside after some type of physical contact between one of the officers and the girl's grandmother.

After hearing of Fieger's claim, Godbee challenged the attorney Monday to produce the videotape and turn it over to Michigan State Police, who are investigating the early Sunday shooting on Detroit's east side.

"If Mr. Fieger has access to any evidence in this case, he must, as an officer of the court, provide it immediately to the Michigan State Police," Godbee said.

Fieger said he viewed the tape but did not have it Monday. He promised to produce it for the news media at some point. He would not disclose the source of the tape, but said it shows the event from before the police raid until after the girl's body was carried outside.

Today, Fieger said, he plans to file lawsuits on behalf of the girl's family.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100518/NEWS05/5180353/1318/
 
Grenade's use in lethal raid questioned, defended
Girl's family plans to sue; experts defend use of device


National experts say flash-bang grenades are useful tools in high-risk situations. But veteran Detroit cops told the Free Press on Monday that the devices are rarely used.

"In my entire career, we've only used these in barricaded-gunmen situations as a diversionary tactic," said one Detroit cop, who has been on hundreds of high-risk arrests and raids.

Assistant Police Chief Ralph Godbee said the grenades are used in a case-by-case basis, depending on the severity of the crime and "potential of violence from the offender."

But sometime after the grenade went off -- emitting disorienting light and noise -- Aiyana Jones' grandmother came in contact with an officer. His gun fired, and the bullet pierced the neck of a little girl lying on the family couch.

That's the police version of Sunday's events. The family's is much different, according to Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger, who represents loved ones of 7-year-old Aiyana.

Fieger said the shooting was no accident, and that he has seen video footage showing that the gunshot was fired off before officers entered the home.

"The police conspired to blame the grandmother, who was sleeping on the couch with Aiyana," Fieger said Monday.

More questions

The day after Aiyana's death presented numerous more questions, many of which centered on why officers chose to use the flash-bang device when entering the home in search of a 34-year-old suspect wanted in the slaying of a 17-year-old boy outside a Detroit party store Friday.

That suspect had not been charged as of Monday night. Police sources said State Police are investigating the possible involvement of a second suspect.

Current and former officers in the Detroit Police Department with years of experience in arresting homicide suspects said Monday that they wonder why such force was used, especially with a child in the house.

One former homicide detective, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the usual tactic is to assign officers to watch a house and arrest a suspect in a less-aggressive manner.

"Something like this, you kind of just sit back and watch the house and get the guy going to the house," the former detective said.

That person and a current Detroit officer said flash-bang grenades are typically reserved for disorienting barricaded gunmen so that police can enter and quickly end a volatile situation.

"I can't think of a court case in my memory" where a stun grenade was used to make an arrest, said another local law enforcement official with more than 35 years of experience.

http://www.freep.com/article/201005...enades-use-in-lethal-raid-questioned-defended
 

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