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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: equaviator

She was a shill for the home invader males


141 posted on 11/07/2013 1:17:42 PM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: armydawg505

Actually Michigan ranks about 6th overall in muslim population. There is a concentration of them in Dearborn but they’re far outnumbered by middleastern Christians in the Detroit area.

Numbers are growing fastest in the south.


142 posted on 11/07/2013 1:26:59 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: equaviator

The Wayne County Prosecutors office is saying that the victim was in an accident
about 1:30 AM in Detroit, left the scene and was shot in the front of the face near
the mouth about 3:40 AM. So there is some clearing up of details before the story
is more clear.

Gannett source so I’ll post a link:

http://www.freep.com/article/20131107/NEWS05/311070119/Renisha-McBride-shot-in-face-not-back-of-head-Dearborn-Heights


143 posted on 11/07/2013 1:35:44 PM PST by deport
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To: Ghost of SVR4
Withholding judgement until more facts come out.

Unlike the media, who will withhold the facts until the judgment comes out...

144 posted on 11/07/2013 1:41:50 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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To: deport

Sounds like an accident. I’m betting the guy will be charged with negligent homicide which isn’t going to be enough for the race baiters.


145 posted on 11/07/2013 2:13:31 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: wideawake

I would strongly recommend the various ‘Find My Phone’ apps floating around.


146 posted on 11/07/2013 2:22:52 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges
I would strongly recommend the various ‘Find My Phone’ apps floating around.

Oh, I have one.

The quicker thieves in NYC know how to pop the phone open without damaging the casing too much and disconnect the power supply.

The app works with amateurs, though.

147 posted on 11/07/2013 2:36:44 PM PST by wideawake
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To: deport

Hit and run? Curious as to what transpired within the two hours it took for her to get from Detroit to Dearborn Heights (i.e. a 30-minute trip) and why did she leave the scene of the accident at all, and then two-hours and 20 miles later decide to do something about it? Traveling by foot? Very odd and interesting. Something stinks. Questions, questions.


148 posted on 11/07/2013 3:10:28 PM PST by fivecatsandadog
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To: wideawake

But how about not answering the door? Or not opening it. Asking through the door what do you want?


149 posted on 11/07/2013 3:18:07 PM PST by jocon307
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To: MrB

“Call the cops, yes.”

That didn’t work out so good for the other guy mentioned. That story is ridiculous. It’s like nobody in this country has even 1/2 a brain any more.


150 posted on 11/07/2013 3:19:43 PM PST by jocon307
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To: jocon307

Come bang on my door at 3 in the morning I’ll hit the panic button on the alarm keypad.

About 110db on both sides of the house they wont hang around very long.


151 posted on 11/07/2013 4:37:53 PM PST by Gasshog (0bama: 146 rounds of Golf and counting... FORE!!!!!WARD!!! -___O)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
if you aren't going to bother learning how to handle a gun

Shoot Happens

152 posted on 11/07/2013 5:05:04 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: HiTech RedNeck
we don't know what happened...its the relatives describing what their family "might" have done...for all they know, she could have been screaming and swearing and threatening....

I hope, hope, hope, hope its a muslim that did the shooting ...then we'd have two "minority" groups at each others throats...

we have dozens of whites attacked by blacks, raped, murdered, tortured for NO reason whatsoever so I'm not going to get too excited about this case...

someon who does not belong in your neighborhood comes knocking at night, a lot of people would have a gun at the door...

153 posted on 11/08/2013 3:28:03 PM PST by cherry (.in the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary.....)
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To: cripplecreek
shot in the back of the head is murder.....totally agree....unless it was an "accident" or a misfire or the woman turned very suddenly....

I don't advocate shooting at first sight....

154 posted on 11/08/2013 3:29:26 PM PST by cherry (.in the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary.....)
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To: wideawake
But a classic push-in robbery situation - committed by methheads of even the most rarified Scandinavian extraction - is the woman in distress needing to get into a house to use the phone, while her boyfriend stands just out of the homeowner's line of sight.

I'll bet this poor woman was innocent and alone but she got killed because of the situation you mention. That the door gets opened and some male accomplices rush in to commit mayhem.....

Conversely if I breakdown in a black neighborhood I am not going to knock on doors at 230AM for some help

 

155 posted on 11/08/2013 3:34:42 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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