“While we've witnessed entire cities rise up to resist the murders of Black men, the murders of Black women continue to go largely ignored. It's time to remember and lift up the most marginalized victims of state brutality.”
https://twitter.com/brownblaze/status/599603567880634369 Today marks five years since seven year-old, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, was shot by police. To refresh your memory, Aiyana, whose home was on the east side of Detroit, Michigan was shot in a raid gone wrong by the Detroit Police. Notably, she was shot while she was asleep. Specifically, Officer Joseph Weekly was charged with involuntary manslaughter […]
A Detroit police officer who shot and killed 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley–Jones while filming A&E’s The First 48 will not be retried. Officer Joseph Weekley was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm after the May 16, 2010 botched police raid at Aiyana’s home. The Detroit Police Department’s Special Response Team raided Aiyana’s home in search of a […]
A Detroit cop is facing reduced charges after fatally shooting 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones while searching a house. As of Friday morning, Wayne County Circuit Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed the felony charges for involuntary manslaughter against officer Joseph Weekley, the Detroit Free Press reports. Instead, he’s now up on misdemeanor charges of for carelessly firing his […]
