No more trials for officer in 7 year old Aiyana's shooting...
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freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/01/28/weekley-case-dismissed/22482049/
Smh.. At the great "Justice" system in this country...
No more trials for officer in Aiyana's shooting
After two hung juries, the Detroit police officer charged in the death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones will not be tried again.
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday that it will move to dismiss the case against Officer Joseph Weekley on Friday morning.
"Today we personally informed the family of Aiyana Stanley-Jones that we have made a decision that we would not be going to trial for a third time," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement.
Aiyana's mother, Dominika Stanley, could not be reached for comment.
Weekley, 38, faces a misdemeanor charge of careless discharge of a firearm causing death after a round from his gun struck the girl in the head during a raid for a murder suspect in May 2010.
During his second trial, Wayne County Circuit Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed the felony charge of involuntary manslaughter against Weekley, citing a lack of evidence.
Worthy called it "unfortunate" that Hathaway granted a directed verdict dismissing the felony charge and said that decision can't be appealed.
Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Robert Moran told jurors that Weekley, a member of the elite Special Response Team, should have followed his training and kept his finger off the trigger.
He said Weekley was negligent, careless and reckless during the raid on Lillibridge.
Steve Fishman, Weekley's attorney, countered telling jurors the shooting was an tragic accident and said Aiyana's grandmother, Mertilla Jones, had contact with Weekley's gun and it discharged. Jones, though, denied that.
In an e-mail Wednesday, Fishman said he is pleased with the decision by prosecutor's office and thinks it's the correct one.
"Mr. Moran is one of the finest prosecutors I have ever encountered and he fought very hard in both trials, but there comes a time when the interests of justice will not be served by another round," Fishman wrote.
He added that his client is relieved that he will not have to go through another trial. Weekley is on paid administrative leave, according to a police spokesman.
Ron Scott, a spokesman for the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, said he plans to request that the U.S. Department of Justice consider filing federal civil rights charges against people responsible for the raid.
He said Weekley is just one person, adding an order was given to raid the home in the middle of the night. Aiyana was sleeping on a couch in the front room with her grandmother when she was shot.
"This episode, given what is happening nationally in terms of police-community relations, sets us back decades," Scott said in a statement. "We will continue the fight for justice for Aiyana ... since she is not here to fight for herself."
Scott said Mertilla Jones, Aiyana's grandmother, has lost faith in the judicial system. He said he believes Hathaway erred when she dismissed the felony charge.
Roland Lawrence, Chairman of the Justice for Aiyana Jones Committee, issued a statement that said in part, "Detroit will forever be remembered for high-end political and judicial officials behaving irresponsibly; behavior that led to a little girl being caught in the cross hairs of their misconduct and insensitivity."
A crew working for the TV show "The First 48" was filming outside the duplex when police raided it, looking for Chauncey Owens, who has since been convicted of murdering 17-year-old Je'Rean Blake.
Prosecutors said Aiyana's father, Charles Jones, provided the gun Owens used to ? Blake, and a jury convicted Jones of second-degree murder.
Weekley's first trial ended in a hung jury in June 2013. His second trial ended with a hung jury in October 2014.
Some jurors felt Weekley should not have allowed his gun to discharge, but others jurors said they did not know what happened in the situation causing the gun to go off.
Weekley issued a statement in October, which said in part, "There has not been one single day that has gone by since that day where I have not thought about the loss of Aiyana and I will be haunted by this tragedy for the rest of my life."
Smh.. At the great "Justice" system in this country...
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There is nothing left to say, these people have no souls
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Smfh....they say don't wish death on no one. I wish death on all involved in this ? .
Rip Aiyana Jones.
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I know i shouldn't be surprised by this ? ....but ? it I'm upset.
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? COPS AND ANYONE WHO LOVE THEM
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Smdh.. What a callous ? .. "Yeah ? you people out there protesting the death of innocent little girl.. What about the violence in Detroit".. I'm surprised she did use the what about black on black crime excuse... -
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Smh. The amount of hatred I have for cops and the judicial system has reached scary levels. A little girl sleeping on a couch? And the judge pulls the "yall need to be protesting street violence" card. This beyond sad & disgusting bruh
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Y'all see this ? , so don't start coming to the defense of a racists police officer if they get caught slipping like them two officers in NY. This little girl shot in her sleep but no justices but a homeless man, camping get shot & those cops are about to do time behind that ?
#White Privilege strikes again -
Yaaaawn.
How many times are we gonna watch this ? happen over n over, before we break the shackle??? -
What the ? .
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Yaaaawn.
How many times are we gonna watch this ? happen over n over, before we break the shackle???
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Time been ran out.When cops die its a great day so the next time they wanna hold a ? pigs funeral for the public to see id say protest the funeral, what about the lives lost to cops...Miss me with that cops put their life on the line everyday ? , me being killed by a pig is more greater than a pig being killed by a bad guy and 10 times outta 10 id go to jail but the pig wont see any time. #copslifedontmatter
Yeah ive reached that point....this case had me in tears and just everytime i think about it i get sick to my stomach.smh -
I keep telling y'all...Most of regular, small-town (mostly white-bred) America hasn't been shook about how serious these protests are yet because it hasn't effect their lives and made them take notice.
What needs to happen is a protest that will make ALL of America have no choice but to stop and deal with this.
People need to protest something BIG and shut that down. I mean really bring it to a stop. Shutting the roads down for a few hours at night is noble, but all it does is cause news stations to say "they're inconviencing all these regular people trying to get home."
Nah, ? that. A man was choked till he died...on camera...and the guy that killed him is only free because he's a cop.
I think a protest of a million people done at THE SUPER BOWL would bring this country to a grinding halt. If it's done right - and I mean a literal Million Person Protest surrounding the entire area 360 degrees from sun up to the next day, thereby canceling the Bowl - that would literally rock the country to its core. It'd be like a ? Atomic Bomb to the country.
Yet, that ? will still go on. -
7 year old murdered by pigs......... BLACK FEMALE judge has no ? to give
Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway
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Black_Excellence wrote: »Time been ran out.When cops die its a great day so the next time they wanna hold a ? pigs funeral for the public to see id say protest the funeral, what about the lives lost to cops...Miss me with that cops put their life on the line everyday ? , me being killed by a pig is more greater than a pig being killed by a bad guy and 10 times outta 10 id go to jail but the pig wont see any time. #copslifedontmatter
Yeah ive reached that point....this case had me in tears and just everytime i think about it i get sick to my stomach.smh
you right about time been ran out, I feel you man im at that point as well. There are forces at work that many have no clue about, these forces are incapable of feeling empathy but their plans have yet to see full fruition. It wont be long though unfortunately cause most people wanna be ignorant. Ppl better wake up and stop worrying about these ? ass celebrities. The knowledge is out there like never before, get educated so you wont be surprised when ? really pops off.
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7 year old murdered by pigs......... BLACK FEMALE judge has no ? to give
Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway
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? the pigs! You mean to tell me a 7 year old child sleeping shot by a cop gets no justice. A black persons life in america holds no value. And i hate the whole not all of them are bad because if tthat is the case then they dont they speak up?
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And guns just don't go off smh! They can only fool a fool with that notion. You have to pull the trigger!
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Yeah I caught it this morning too.
I been had a feeling this dude was gonna walk off from this like nothing happened. I know they rung the father up on some charges and he still may be doing time behind that but idk. Can't believe that wussy cop just had the nerve to try and pin it all on the grandma. It's so obvious that them courts and them folks above the courts look at us like we trash. No matter the age. Can't support not one of em........ -
2015 will be a worse year than 2014, 2016 will be worse than 2015, and so on and so on until we as a people do something about it in a way that will rock the system to it's core. I have a little girl and I can't begin to fathom the pain the family is going thru. RIP