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Old 02-01-2015, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk View Post
But still infuriating. America. Where a cop can shoot a 7-year-old sleeping child in the head and still get off scot-free.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...fficer-cleared

Who says we don't have state-sanctioned violence?
Interesting the story neglects to add that Aiyana's father Charles Jones was also found guilty of second degree murder for supplying the gun the uncle used to kill a 17 year old for disrespecting him. The uncle's argument that supplying him with a gun was akin to giving an arsonist a match further indicts him.

The officers needed to come heavy because the guys they were going after were heavy. It's sad and unfortunate that a 7-year-old ended up dying but the police didn't create the situation, her father and uncle did. Aiyana's death was an obvious accident, so no one got off scot-free, although the article neglected to say what the father's sentence was. It's too common a name for me to determine via court and prison records.

Get the rest of the story at:
http://archive.freep.com/article/201...shooting-death
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