MI - Aiyana Jones, 7, fatally shot in Detroit PD raid, 16 May 2010 * Settlement Reached* *Mistrial*

[Blondie in Spokane]

Detroit cop filmed on reality show moments before he shot dead a 7-year-old girl in her sleep has all charges dropped after two trials without convictions

Joseph Weekley shot and killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones while she slept on a couch near her grandmother

Police were raiding the apartment in search of a man accused of a murder days before

A camera crew was filming the raid for 'The First 48,' a reality show on A&E

One trial for involuntary manslaughter ended without a verdict, while another ended with a hung jury

A high-ranking official in the Detroit Police Department said officers broke protocol and 'went Hollywood


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...trial-3rd-time-girls-death.html#ixzz3QDFJ5YmG

 

[JerseyGirl]

Trial for death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones set to begin next week

The trial regarding the death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones is scheduled to begin on April 8.

She was shot in the head while she slept on a couch during a raid in 2010. Joseph Weekley, a member of a police unit, was the first officer through the door of her home during a chaotic search for a murder suspect.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Family of Aiyana Jones, girl killed in Detroit police raid, reaches settlement with city

Family reaches $8.25 million settlement with city of Detroit

$8.25M settlement reached in Aiyana Stanley-Jones suit

 

[JerseyGirl]

Dad of Aiyana Stanley-Jones gets new trial on murder conviction