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Black Woman Shot Dead in 'White Detroit Suburb' After Knocking Door-to-Door for Help...
ChristianPost.com ^ | November 7, 2013 | Morgan Lee

Posted on 11/07/2013 10:41:41 AM PST by equaviator

A community is looking for answers after 19-year-old Renisha McBride was shot in the head after seeking the help of residents in what media reports are describing as a predominantly white Detroit suburb following a car crash in the early morning of Nov. 4.

While Dearborn Heights authorities have refused to release details of the investigation, they have "identified the person who fired the shot and killed the woman."

According to her family, McBride was likely forced to go door-to-door because her cell phone had died.

"She probably wanted to ask him to make a call for her or if she could use the phone," said McBride's maternal aunt, Bernita Spinks told WJBK News.

Yet McBride and others have no idea how their loved one ended up dead.

"This man just came to the door, by somebody just knocking? She didn't break in his house; she didn't break a window. What, you seen somebody on your porch and you just start shooting? And then you say it was accidental? That wasn't accidental; that wasn't accidental, no," Spinks said.

The family believes that McBride, who is black, was likely racially profiled and is relieved that the police have decided to seek charges in the case.

"I just want justice. I'm not going to stop until we get it," Spinks told Detroit News.

At a Wednesday night vigil, close to 40 family members and friends gathered to pray and share in their grief. Some chanted "No justice, no peace" and "Justice for Renisha."

"We are not going to let him get away with this senseless act he committed against this 19-year-old girl," Rev. W.J. Rideout told Detroit News.

According to Spinks, prosecutors have informed family members that the shooter is in his 50's. An autopsy has not yet been released.

McBride's case recalls a September incident where 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell knocked on the front door of a house in Georgia in the early morning following a car accident. The homeowner, instead of opening the door, called 911. When three police officers arrived, Ferrell ran towards the squad before officer Randall Kerrick drew his gun and shot him 10 times, killing the unarmed Ferrell.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
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To: Boogieman
I'm not saying it was a scam.

I am saying that McBride may not have been the only person at the scene.

And I am saying that anyone roused at that hour with a car trouble story is going to be naturally suspicious.

121 posted on 11/07/2013 12:07:10 PM PST by wideawake
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To: GeronL
Never been. I hear it is very "nanny state" like and un_Texan.

I have never spent any time in Texas except driving, and driving, and driving through. Love it though--well, what it stands for.

122 posted on 11/07/2013 12:07:21 PM PST by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: FrdmLvr

New reports are all over the place. Police stated that the
accident happened at about 1:30 a.m and the shooting 3:40 a.m.

Her family is also falsely stating that she was shot in the back of her head as she was leaving.


123 posted on 11/07/2013 12:10:09 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: wideawake

“We do not know if McBride had a companion with her who conveniently disappeared when the situation went south. “

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Good point. Let’s wait and see what all went down before we believe the liars ie..msm.


124 posted on 11/07/2013 12:11:31 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Boogieman
Does it really matter?

It does to the homeowner when there is a knock at the door at 2:30 AM.

Again, I am not taking sides on this yet. It looks bad on the homeowner based on what is being reported. But we are FReepers and know about what and how things are reported ESPECIALLY in the immediate aftermath. I don't want or think this to be a racial issue. But the media and the left certainly do. It fits their narrative.

Do you think this racist cracker shot the black woman who was injured in a car accident and had a dead cell phone at 2:30AM when she knocked on his door because he hated all black people? Me neither. But we certainly aren't getting the whole story yet.

125 posted on 11/07/2013 12:14:25 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (Liberals want to be eaten last. I don't want to be eaten at all!)
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To: 21twelve
Battery died? I would love to see the investigative report on the phone log.
The MSM covered up facts during the Trayvon-a-thon, so I wouldn't give to
much into most reporting until the Sherriff comes out and talks. But then,
even he may be inundated with pressure from the start to hold back any truth.
126 posted on 11/07/2013 12:14:54 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: 1rudeboy

Haha! Good ol’ Taylortucky!


127 posted on 11/07/2013 12:23:55 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: TexasGator

I think the press is trying it’s best to mitigate the facts in this. It must be pretty bad. (for the “victim”.)


128 posted on 11/07/2013 12:25:52 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: FrdmLvr

Downriver women were the best. As long as you kept an eye over your shoulder for their biker-boyfriends, and caught them before they had to leave for their job as a stripper. ;)


129 posted on 11/07/2013 12:26:04 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

3 killed, 6 hurt in Detroit barbershop shooting

http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/3-killed-6-hurt-in-detroit-barbershop-shooting?ocid=ansnews11


130 posted on 11/07/2013 12:33:36 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: rktman

Yes, you nailed it.


131 posted on 11/07/2013 12:42:35 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: meadsjn

“However, this is just an unintended consequence of Obama’s race war against whites, and the ongoing coast-to-coast racially motivated crimes against whites by black criminals.”

Worth repeating; this country has become so poisoned by Obama and the “black leaders” that I honestly couldn’t care less about this woman. I suspect the shooter wasn’t white, because we’ve all been programmed to expect that to be trumpeted everywhere if he/she was. When people are allowed to have exclusive clubs to represent their race (NAACP, for example), I no longer have to give two hoots about them...


132 posted on 11/07/2013 12:42:49 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: lee martell

The way my house is situated, I can see whoever is at the front door from behind. I even put in an extra light switch so I can turn on the outside lights from the bedroom.


133 posted on 11/07/2013 12:48:09 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I thought it could be something like that too - ‘no, you are GONNA let me call someone from your phone’. But facts aren’t really in surplus here, as far as I can see, so I’ll reserve judgment.


134 posted on 11/07/2013 12:52:24 PM PST by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: kearnyirish2

I’m betting you’re right on the “race” of the shooter. Given the high muslim demographic of the area, and the fact that the media wasn’t trumpeting of his “whiteness”.


135 posted on 11/07/2013 12:54:37 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Tenacious 1
Also, what was she doing out at 2:30AM? I too am not taking sides yet as I doubt all the details are out there or accurate.

...and in cruising around at that hour in a "predominately white" neighborhood.

Too many facts missing from the story.........

As a side note, "predominately white neighborhood" could apply to Eastpointe and Roseville too but the facts show that the black population in those cities far exceeds the national population percentage (approx. 12%) as a whole and the racial population is growing.

136 posted on 11/07/2013 12:58:42 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Make sure you have removed the kleenex from your pockets before doing laundry)
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To: MrB

“I’m betting you’re right on the “race” of the shooter. Given the high muslim demographic of the area, and the fact that the media wasn’t trumpeting of his “whiteness”.”

The media has become so predictable I’d wager on it; the pattern has gone on for decades at this point (and if I’m wrong, so be it). Nowadays our news will report a violent crime, describe the perp’s clothing, omit the race of the perp, and encourage anyone with information to call a certain number with tips...how absurd.


137 posted on 11/07/2013 1:03:10 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: equaviator

I thought Dearborn was the center of Islamic ‘culture” in America?


138 posted on 11/07/2013 1:04:43 PM PST by armydawg505
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To: armydawg505

Making the shooter a Muslim.
Making everything ok.
It's all clear to me, now.
139 posted on 11/07/2013 1:10:21 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: equaviator

That is shameful and sad. But understandable in the context of home invasions, when a harmless looking individual knocks on the door and when it is opened the accomplices push their way in.


140 posted on 11/07/2013 1:12:05 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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