Were here today not to find blame, but to find out how we never have to come here again, said Sharpton, standing in the grand pulpit. Its some lil niggas at the store talking shitlets go whip they ass, Detective Theopolis Williams later testified that Owens told him during his interrogation. Was Detroit an outlier or an epicenter? The family of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, who was murdered by Detroit police more than two years ago, is still waiting for justice. Outside court, a spokesman for Aiyana's family criticized the judge for her comments. The grenade landed so close to Aiyana that it burned her blanket. The killing contributed to raising national awareness of the ongoing issue of young unarmed African Americans being killed by police. In the end, Gibson was charged with Huffs murder and the attempted murders of four more officers. He admitted in his first trial that, "It's my gun that shot and killed a 7-year-old girl. They were restless and agitated and pulled at the collars of dress blues that didnt seem to fit. Final charges against Joseph Weekley, a police officer who shot dead a 7-year-old girl, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, in Detroit in May 2010, were dismissed on Friday, leaving a family bereft and raising serious concern among national groups over an increasingly militarized police force. [32][33] Allison Howard was sentenced to two years of probation in July 2013, and fined $2,000. Police first floated the story that Aiyanas grandmother had grabbed Weekleys gun. Her grandmother, Mertilla Jones, was close by. On the morning of May 16, a Detroit police officer fatally shot 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones in the throat during a police raid on her home. [12], According to press reports, police were on the scene by 12:40a.m. on Sunday, May 16, 2010. What killed Aiyana is what killed the people in New Orleans and the rider on the transit in Oakland, and thats police bullets and police arrogance and police cover-up, Geoffrey Fieger said. . Even the beavers have returned.The daughter of an autoworker and a home nurse, McNeal grew up in the promise of the black middle class that Detroit once offered. The official version was that two men were walking in the middle of a street on the East Side when Evans and his driver told them to walk on the sidewalk. Casei Jones, 32, and her four children Cameron Bowers, 10, Preston Bowers, 5, Mercalli Jones, 2, and Aiyana Jones, 1, were missing for almost a month. After the finale aired, we didn't know whether they're still together or not until the reunion on March 4, but a little social media sleuthing told us they were still . Huff and his partner were not actually called to the scene; theyd taken it upon themselves to assist the younger cops, according to the police version of events. On a hot afternoon around one Mothers Day, I was working in the back greenhouse. "[27] His trial was scheduled for October[28] and finally took place in June 2013 but resulted in a deadlocked jury. War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing. "They said he'll be on parole until 2030, and he or his family can't be around my family. A fresh trial was scheduled for December 2013,[29] but actually began in September 2014. Shoddily equipped firemen face some 500 arsons a month.Detroit has been synonymous with arson since the 80s, when the city burst into flames in a pre-Halloween orgy of fire and destruction known as Devils Night. What happened after that is a matter of conjecture, as Detroit officials have had problems getting their stories straight. But I felt unraveling this one death could help diagnose what has gone wrong in this city, so I decided to retrace the events leading up to that pitiable moment on the porch on Lillibridge Street. [12] She was one of three children of the couple and had four halfsiblings. Jones does not have a release date identified, although he could be freed as early as Thursday, Gautz said. Paramedics say it is routinely much longer. Outside, Television was watching them. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? I got no money. As for the videotape of the killing, Geoffrey Fieger said he did not have it. "It bothers them," she said. On January 28, 2015, the remaining charge on Weekley, a misdemeanor for careless discharge of a firearm causing death, was dismissed. God, dont take my baby.. All rights reserved. Inside, splayed on the floor underneath the rack of snack cakes near the register, was a black man in a pool of blood. But there is no money; the struggling school system has a $363 million deficit. This could be a precedent setting case if the Court . WRSX 91.3 Port Huron is off the air due to network issues. On May 14, 2010, JeRean Blake, a senior at Southeastern High School of Technology and Law was shot and killed near an intersection on Detroits east side. Now, Jones family attorney Geoffrey Fieger and the city of Detroit confirm theyve settled the case for $8.25 million. Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones, 7, died May 16, 2010 after being shot by an officer during a police raid in Detroit. But it was dark. Sharpton left and the Rev. The case had been set to go to trial next week. Behind the door was Jason Gibson, 25, a violent man with a history of gun crimes, assaults on police, and repeated failures to honor probationary sentences. The Detroit Police Department was in search of a murderer, and mistakenly raided Aiyana's home. Still, as the American middle class collapses, its worth perhaps remembering that the East Side of Detroitthe place where Aiyana, JeRean, and Officer Huff all diedwas once its industrial cradle. Final charges against Joseph Weekley, a police officer who shot dead a 7-year-old girl, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, in Detroit in May 2010, were dismissed on Friday, leaving a family bereft and. Why you do this to me? For instance, in 2008 a man was shot in the head. In 2007, he attacked a cop and tried to take his gun. In the process, the gun belonging to police officer Joseph Weekley . Outside, Television was watching them. Weekley was transferred from the Special Response Team to the Criminal Investigations Bureau. Go ahead, walk in the Detroit River and disappear. But I cant. I saw the tape and wrote about its existence after the killing of Aiyana, but the story went nowhere until two months later, when someone in City Hall leaked a copy to the local ABC affiliate. The store bell jingled its little requiem as I pulled the door open. These Wigs Install in Seconds. Thats a hell of a pair of bookends, I offered. Robert Bobb was hired in 2009 as the emergency financial manager and given sweeping powers to balance the books. An 11th-grade dropout and convicted robber, he said he supported his seven children with a little this, a little thatI got a few tricks and trades.. He gave her $800 for funeral costs. Why you looking at me? said Owens, getting off the moped. Legal name. Forbidden by restrictive real estate covenants and racist custom, the blacks were mostly restricted to Paradise Valley, which ran the length of Woodward Avenue. My daughter got love, honor, and respect. Jones wasgiven a "contingency parole" after completing required prison programs, Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz said Monday. JEREAN BLAKE NOBLES was one of the rare black males in Detroit who made it (PDF) through high school. what happened to aiyana jones. On January 28, 2015, a prosecutor cleared Weekley of the last remaining charge against him, ensuring there would not be a third trial. 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But Geoffrey Fieger calls it police arrogance. A thousand people attended, as did the predictable plump of media. I went to see Fieger to ask him to show me the tape. The raid happened early Sunday morning. School wasnt a priority. The beavers disappeared from the river around 1930. [6][7][8] On October 10, the judge declared a mistrial due to jury deadlock. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The slap caused the gun to fire with the bullets striking young Aiyana in the head and killing her instantly. The manslaughter trial was declared a mistrial. That house, too, is on the citys East Side, a nondescript brick duplex with a crumbling garage whose driveway funnels into busy Schoenherr Road. People are drinking. [39], On October 3, the judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge against Weekley. Then they said he jumped out a back window. [58] Michigan State Police Detective Tawana Powell testified during the 2014 trial that the investigation discovered that the video Fieger was talking about did not exist. What I find ironic is a friend of the punks released his video t. [31] In June 2013, Howard pleaded "no contest" to the obstruction of justice charge, and the perjury charge was dismissed. This was the first raid on a house since his death. As a reporter at the Detroit News, I get plenty of phone calls from people in the neighborhoods. A dollhouse sits in an empty lot not far from where Aiyana was shot by the police officers storming her home.It was a total fuck-up, the official said. The Detroit City Council needs to approve the settlement. A few minutes after that, JeReans mother, Lyvonne Cargill, arrived and got behind the wheel of the car that friends had dragged him into. If youre a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.. But in Evans defense, he seemed to understand one thing: After the collapse of the car industry and the implosion of the real estate bubble, there is little else Detroit has to export except its misery. The day Barrens cleaned out his desk, a burglar cleaned out Barrens house. Fiegers suburban office is a shrine to Geoffrey Fieger. All Rights Reserved. [41][44][45][46] Because of Mertilla Jones's outburst, the judge stopped the trial until September 29. [23] At Weekley's retrial in 2014, it was disclosed that Mertilla's fingerprints were not found on Weekley's gun. Mertilla Jones was held overnight by Detroit police and then released. [12], Two weeks prior to the incident, a Detroit police officer had been killed in the line of duty while attempting to arrest a suspect. At the center of this economic dynamo was Detroit. In the witness box in September, Jones said: Im laying there screaming, asking someone to help my granddaughter because he shot her in the head. At its peak popularity, 810 fires were set in a three-day span. [56] A spokesman for city police demanded that Fieger share the tape's contents with Michigan State Police investigators. Stanley suddenly emerged from her stupor: Whats that got to do with it? she hissed. A slender, pimply faced kid, JeRean was not an intimidating figure. In 2010, a 7-year-old girl, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, was slaughtered during a police raid of her home in Detroit. What occurred next has been disputed by police officers, bystanders, and neighboring residents. Families of people killed by police officers and activists gathered at the feet of the Spirit of Detroit statue in front of the Coleman A. [50][bettersourceneeded] The casket was white and was afterwards driven to the grave by horse-drawn carriage. Technicians are currently working on the problem. Many are as fucked up and sad as Aiyanas. PICTURES: Aiyana Jones, 7, Killed by Cop Weekley, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter, said he didn't immediately realize that he had shot Aiyana during the 2010 house raid. It is not protocol. AS SUMMER DRAGGED on, the story of Aiyana faded from even the regional press. In this current era, what she calls her "most confident" yet, she's channeling none other than her go-getter Bel-Air character Hilary Banks . She later explained that she reached for her granddaughter when the grenade came through the window and that is what caused her to hit the officers gun. [61][62][63], In May 2016, BlackMattersUS[64][unreliable source?] FEMAIL reveals what has happened to . [6][7][8] Chauncey Owens, the uncle wanted on murder charges, was said to be going in and out of the house as normal and could have been apprehended during the day. They were looking for a murder suspect. "This was an assassination by video," said Roland Lawrence as he and others watched a small plane . Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Then, realizing that sounded implausible, they said shed brushed the gun as she ran past the door. They killed a child and then they lied about it.. But Officer Joseph Weekley accidentally shot Aiyana in the head, killing her. On Thursday, a settlement was made in the lawsuit that amounted to $8.25 being paid out. Lil James brought along a .357 Magnumat the behest of Jones, Detective Williams testified, because Jones was afraid someone would try to steal his diamond Cartier glasses.. Adam Rose/Netflix In addition to traveling, the Chicago-based pair is looking at a potential move once Iyanna, 27, heads back to school to get her master's degree. When I called the head of the homicide bureau and explained the situation, he told me, Oh yeah? I wouldnt wish this on nobody in the world. His seven-year-old daughter, Aiyana Mo'nay Stanley-Jones (PDF), slept on the couch as her grandmother watched television. Weekleys trial began in June 2013 and ended in a mistrial when a jury failed to reach a verdict. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and "negligent firing of a weapon causing death". Do a Google search for "Aiyana Jones" and you get just 42,200 results. 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Cole dedicates video to dead 7-year-old girl", "J. Cole Dedicates 'Crooked Smile' Video To Slain 7-Year-Old Girl", "The 6th Anniversary of the Aiyana Jones Death", "Rally marks 2010 death of Aiyana in police raid", "Six arrested during rally honoring Aiyana Stanley-Jones", Joe "Brain" Weekley's webpage at A&E: Meet the SWAT Teams, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Aiyana_Jones&oldid=1139956467, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 18:19. A police raid of her home in Detroit who made it ( PDF ) through high.! Fires were set in a mistrial due to network issues and follow what happened to aiyana jones news that matters Aiyana & x27! Needs to approve the settlement rare black males in Detroit who made it ( PDF ) through high school ``. S home 's contents with Michigan State police investigators trial was scheduled for December 2013, and he or family... 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