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A video account of the police raid that ended in the slaying of a 7-year-old Detroit girl shows that the deadly gunshot was fired while officers were still outside the home, said lawyer Geoffrey Fieger, who represents the girl’s family.

Fieger said the video, the source of which he would not identify, contradicts police accounts of the raid in which the girl was killed by a bullet from an officer’s gun. He said he plans to file wrongful death lawsuits against the police in federal and state courts on Tuesday.

The Detroit Police Department confirmed that a film crew for the Arts & Entertainment network reality TV show “The First 48” accompanied police on the raid. Fieger would not comment on whether that was the source of the video, but an earlier legal representative of the family said that the presence of the crew influenced the police execution of the raid.

People meekly accept official behaviour, even if they might strongly suspect it is the police who are behaving illegally

The Independent (via Boing Boing)

Ozark police said they were called to a home where a mother asked for help with her unruly child, but the 10-year-old’s father said he’s outraged at the force police used against his daughter.”I would like to say Ozark police Tased this little girl right here. Ten years old and [they] shot electricity through her body, and I want to know how the heck in God’s green earth can they get away with this,” said the girl’s father, Anthony Medlock.
(via 4029tv.com)

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