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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:31 PM Original message |
7-Year-Old Girl Killed in Detroit Police Raid |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. More detail: |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. "The WEAPON discharged one round"??!! Was the officer not in control of his weapon? |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. The woman was struggling with the cop over the gun... |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. of COURSE that's what the reports SAY. nt |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Until there is evidence/witnesses otherwise.... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. How about video of the cops shooting into the house before entering, but |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Excellent. Now we are getting somewhere. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
74. There's video that contradicts the Detroit PD story--- |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh god! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Witholding judgement as I can see how this could happen... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Fucking PIGS!!! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. You mean union members? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
71. self-delete |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Couple of weeks ago, the story in Columbia, Missouri? |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. they were looking for a HOMICIDE suspect |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Yeah, and the dumb-ass fucking pigs were at the wrong house. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. The suspect was not in the apartment where the 7 year old died |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. It was a duplex house, not quite the same as an apartment. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
79. I agree I want to hear the details |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. Fuck em - Its time the police were afraid of us instead of vice versa |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. There's got to be a better way.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Only the police are properly trained and professional enough... |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Just what i was thinking! |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Agreed. |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. More than one life was destroyed |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Shameful |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Born and raised in Detroit. Nothing surprises me anymore. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Tragic, but in fairness, all info should be considered... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. In a scuffle with a 46 year old grandmother who evidently was unarmed |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. This was a raid for a homicide suspect why wouldn't they have weapons drawn? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'm guessing he went into the house with it drawn. The woman shouldn't have engaged him physically. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Drawn or not, how does a gun just "discharge"? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. In a physical altercation, with the gun drawn? |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. It may be a tangent, but this reminds me of my biggest LEO pet peeve on DU. |
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Mike K (539 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. This is not an isolated incident. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Good Lord. You're relating this to Waco and Nazi Germany? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Waco and others, because there WERE ways those situation could... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
69. Waco was actually justified. This was not |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Suspect means he's wanted for the crime. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
72. They didn't annouce they were cops---it was a no-knock warrant. How do you hear after a flash-bang, |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Why? |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Yeah..... |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Yeah, I knew it was coming. You're probably right about Sharpton too. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
77. I hope you are correct about Sharpton. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
75. There's video that contradicts the 'grandmother altercation' story--- |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Godbee says they got the perp. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. If they got the perp, shouldn't the arrest now be public record? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. We are going to find out, I can predict that. nt |
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Old Vet (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Why these guys put there lives on the line................... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I don't think he shot the girl on purpose. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. About as thankless a job as I can imagine. I don't know why they do it either. |
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OJones (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. If there were no videos |
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LarryNM (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Agreed about the Danger of these Forced Entry Raids |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. The suspect lived in the same house, but a different part of the duplex |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. They are so screwed. nt |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. A 7 year old black girl. Am I right about that? |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I don't give a shit if she's ugly as sin. She didn't deserve to die. [nt] |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. he or she is pointing out that they never seem to shoot little white children |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Detroit's population is 82% black. Not very many little white children to shoot. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Before making this a racial thing, realize the team leader of Detroit SRT is black. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:52 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. I'm not accusing anyone in the Detroit PD of being racist, |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Yep, it certainly does. The corporate criminals have too much influence. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
78. When I see black or white police |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. I hate American Police |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I hate them too. |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Big talk behind a computer monitor |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Not really. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. I am the son of a Police Officer |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Post #27, the one union that needs to be broken. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. You talking about the Screen Actors Guild? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. Maybe we should stop scraping the bottom of the barrel when hiring police. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Actually, in this economy, we get smarter cops and firefighters. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. Detroit still has cops? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Detroit still has people? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
62. I always have the same questions when I read these stories |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
64. Looks like it may actually have been accidental, not a deliberate abuse of authority. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Shooting into a house with children isn't an accident--it's negligent homicide. n/t |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. I am so sorry to hear about this child's death |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
66. Incredibly tragic for everyone involved. |
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