The 7-year-old d* ied in 2010 during a "made for TV" p*olice r*aid.
The city of Detroit reached a settlement with the family of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a 7-year-old girl who was k* illed during a botched p*olice r*aid.
The city agreed to pay the family $8.25 million in d*amages for the little girl’s d*eath, according to The Detroit Free Press.
"Aiyana's d*eath was a t*ragic l*oss for her family and has been a heavy b*urden on our community,” Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia said in a statement. “We believe today's settlement is fair because it balances the needs of Aiyana's family and our responsibility for the city's finances. We hope this resolution will provide everyone involved a measure of closure.”
Stanley-Jones d*ied in May 2010 when she was sh* ot in the head during the p*olice r*aid.
A camera crew was filming the r*aid for the television series The First 48. The o*fficers were looking for Chauncey Owens, a s*uspect in the k *illing of Je'Rean Blake. Owens was eventually a* rrested. Stanley-Jones’ father, Charles, was also a* rrested and ch* arged with second-degree m* urder for providing the g* un responsible for Blake’s d* eath.
Stanley-Jones was sleeping on a couch with her grandmother, Mertilla Jones, when she was s* truck.
Detroit P*olice officer Joseph Weekley claims Jones h* it his g* un, and it went off. Jones denied touching the w* eapon, according to The Detroit News.
Weekley was tried twice for the k* illing, but both t*rials resulted in a hung j*ury. The p*rosecution said he would not stand t*rial a third time.
Geoffrey Fieger, the family’s attorney, blamed the almost decade-long battle on the city’s bankruptcy and an appeal. He believes city officials understood the gravity of “k* illing a 7-year-old child during a made-for-TV p* olice r*aid."
"It's a w* ound that never heals," he said. "(The final settlement) won't provide full justice. The only full justice would be to bring Aiyana back and I can't do that."