blackmattersus:

A rally in loving memory of Aiyana Jones, a girl shot by the cop while she slept on a couch during a botched raid.

Aiyana Jones is another black baby murdered at the hands of the Detroit police. 

May 16 will mark the sixth anniversary of the brutal slaying of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones by Detroit Police Officer Joe Weekley. She was shot by the cop while she slept on a couch during a botched raid. The killer is still employed by the Detroit Police Department. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and two lesser charges in her death, but the case was dropped in January 2015.

Justice hasn’t been served for Aiyana and her grieving family.

We’re planning a peaceful rally in front of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on May 21 to honor the memory of Aiyana and other victims of police violence and demand demilitarization of police. 

We need to drag attention of the Media and the authorities so that we could bring peace to our community and to the families of innocent people killed by police. Police officers must be held accountable for their actions. This rally might be the one that will change something in this rotten system.

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