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Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley was spared a felony conviction on Tuesday over the killing of a 7-year-old girl after a jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared, according to Detroit Free Press.
Weekley shot and killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones on the night of May 16, 2010, as officers executed a search warrant on the duplex her family lived in. The officers entered Stanley-Jones’s home searching for a murder suspect who was later found in the adjacent unit, throwing a flashbang grenade into the room where the girl was sleeping with her grandmother, then shooting her in the head seconds later.
Weekley was subsequently charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm resulting in death, carrying with them the potential for 15+ years in prison. However, both charges failed to stick on Tuesday afternoon, after three straight days of jury deliberations failed to produce a conviction.
"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."
"Aiyana Jones was shot from outside on the porch. The videotape shows clearly the officer throwing through the window a stun grenade-type explosive and then within milliseconds of throwing that, firing a shot from outside the home," he said.
Originally posted by acacko
He didn't "walk free", he's going to be tried again (at great expense) and again a mistrial declared.
The sentiment here in Detroit is that if they hadn't been hiding/harboring a murder, that little girl would be alive.
luckily, all it takes is 1 out of 12 to call "BS"
Originally posted by Bilky
What were seeing is basically an inside view of a hit squad with badges. If the suspect had been there and bare in mind that he was a suspect and not convicted yet then they would have executed him and made up a story about a struggle. Its the fact that its a child that has thrown a spanner in the works but even so a jury finds it hard to convict a murderer? My god America is lost and gone to the dogs.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
reply to post by Zaphod58
Whose aware of some guy in casual clothes walking up and grabbing them off the street?
Happens everyday.
If some petty pickpocket can do it with plenty of shock and surprise I bet a couple of cops could.
Originally posted by llmacgregor
Also, saying they acted in a particular way (using flash bangs and probably being more dramatic then usual) because the camera crew from the First 48 were there is absolutely disgusting!!!!! And the fact that they actually mentioned it to press.....c'mon, that just goes to show how stupid these LEOs are....showing off huh...well they said it themselves......idiots!!!
Originally posted by Bilky
What were seeing is basically an inside view of a hit squad with badges. If the suspect had been there and bare in mind that he was a suspect and not convicted yet then they would have executed him and made up a story about a struggle. Its the fact that its a child that has thrown a spanner in the works but even so a jury finds it hard to convict a murderer? My god America is lost and gone to the dogs. I have no sympathy for Americas downfall they have brought it on themselves through saturation of violence, and people have been dehumanised. If it was an animal it would have caused more outrage but it was just another human being.
Originally posted by Bilky
What were seeing is basically an inside view of a hit squad with badges. If the suspect had been there and bare in mind that he was a suspect and not convicted yet then they would have executed him and made up a story about a struggle. Its the fact that its a child that has thrown a spanner in the works but even so a jury finds it hard to convict a murderer? My god America is lost and gone to the dogs. I have no sympathy for Americas downfall they have brought it on themselves through saturation of violence, and people have been dehumanised. If it was an animal it would have caused more outrage but it was just another human being.