aiyana stanley-jones
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18 Awful Times a Black Kid Was Racially Profiled
Mississippi 11-year-old Aderrien Murry is the latest to have a nearly fatal encounter with police after being mistaken for a suspect.
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7 Black People Killed After Cops Falsely Discover a Gun That was Never There
The recent police shooting of Tyrea Pryor highlights the country’s stifling issue.
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Texas Police Call Shooting of Innocent 6-Year-Old a ‘Tragic Accident’
With reminders of the tragic death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, the 7-year-old shot down as Detroit police stormed her grandmother’s house—the wrong house—in 2010, yet another innocent child has been killed by police. Six-year-old Kameron Prescott was shot and killed by a stray bullet in his home Thursday afternoon when deputies in a suburb of San…
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Watch: I Made It to 21. Mike Brown Didn’t
Mike Brown was 18. Jordan Edwards was 15. Tamir Rice was 12. Aiyana Stanley-Jones was 7. Too many black children have not lived to celebrate the tender age of 21. Instead, their families are forced to live with memories of what was and dreams of what could have been. How many more black children have…
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Detroit Police Detective Demoted After Rant Against Black Lives Matter
A Detroit Police Department detective has been demoted and an internal investigation is being launched following a Facebook post that blasted the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit Free Press reports. The detective involved was identified as Nathan Weekley, the brother of Police Officer Joseph Weekley, who shot and killed 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a…