Posted on 06/18/2013 6:11:10 PM PDT by Wanderer99
DETROIT (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl during a chaotic search for a murder suspect that was recorded by a reality TV crew.
Loud voices could be heard in the jury room a few hours before jurors threw in the towel and were dismissed. They sent three notes, the last one indicating they still couldn't reach a unanimous verdict on the third day of deliberations, despite encouragement from Wayne County Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway.
Joseph Weekley, a member of an elite police squad, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones.
He was accused of being "grossly negligent" in how he handled his submachine gun as his black-clad, masked and armed unit stormed the Detroit home to capture a suspect in May 2010. Police threw a stun grenade through a window, and Weekley was the first officer through the door.
He told jurors that he accidentally pulled the trigger during a struggle with the girl's grandmother, but Mertilla Jones denied interfering with the gun. Weekley was not charged with intentionally shooting Aiyana.
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“what a pathetic comment....”
Ya, tell that to the two little old ladies delivering newspapers in Torrance. Over a hundred rounds down range, thank God they survived, unlike the 7 yea old girl. Go crawl under whatever rock you came out of bootlicker.
I wish you didn’t post that. Now the image of what the worthless freaks have done will be stuck in my head for a month. Thanks...
Ouch. How true.
Nope. A trenchant comment.
Nope:
Roland Lawrence, chairman of the Justice for Aiyana Jones Committee, pointed out the jury’s racial makeup in a statement, saying only one of the 12 jurors was African American...
http://www.freep.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180064/Weekley-Aiyana-Stanley-Jones-trial
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Prosecutor Robert Moran
As a former cop, I AGREE with trapped_in_LA’s comment. ALL SWAT teams need to be disbanded. There is absolutely NO reason whatever that every PD should have a SWAT team. One team per county would suffice, and the officers assigned to it should do NOTHING but train (oh, and study the Constitution).
what makes you think he hasn’t been on paid leave the whole time he’s been on trial?
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