We demand that a Federal Civil Rights investigation be opened in the death of Aiyana Stanley Jones and that a Federal investigation of the conduct of the Detroit Police Department be undertaken immediately.  Please help bring the killer of this innocent sleeping 7 year old child to justice.

Five years ago, while executing a "no-knock" raid after midnight on a duplex in Detroit in an attempt to find a murder suspect (and in a supposed attempt to show off for the A&E TV show "The First 48,") Detroit Police threw a flash bang grenade into the residence and kicked down the unlocked front door despite warnings from neighbors there were children present. The grenade landed so close to Aiyana, who was sleeping on the couch, that it burned her blanket. As officers entered a single fatal shot was fired that struck Aiyana Stanley-Jones in the head. 

All charges against her killer have been dismissed.

Further background:

Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley Jones (July 20, 2002 – May 16, 2010), was a seven-year-old girl from the east side of Detroit, Michigan who was shot and killed during a raid conducted by the Detroit Police Department's Special Response Team on May 16, 2010.

According to press reports, police were on the scene by 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, May 16, 2010. In an attempt to distract the occupants, police fired a flash grenade through the front window.  Police officers, bystanders, and residents of the home disagreed about the events that followed. According to police, Officer Joseph Weekley was the first one through the door. He pushed his way inside, protected by a ballistic shield. Weekley claimed Aiyana Jones' paternal grandmother Mertilla Jones attempted to grab his gun, causing it to fire. The bullet struck Aiyana. "A woman inside grabbed my gun," Weekley said. "It fired. The bullet hit a child."  Mertilla Jones was held overnight and released. She said she reached for her granddaughter when the grenade came through the window, not for the officer's gun. She said she made no contact with them (her fingerprints were not found on the officers gun.)

The police officer responsible for the shooting, Joseph "Brain" Weekley, is a member of Detroit's SWAT team and was a frequent subject on A&E, whose film crews were also filming the investigation for the documentary TV series The First 48

Officer Joseph Weekley was charged in connection with Jones' death. In October 2011, Weekley was charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment with a gun. Weekley's first trial ended in a mistrial in June 2013. 

Weekley's retrial began in September 2014. On October 3, 2014, the judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge against Weekley, leaving him on trial for only one charge: recklessly discharging a firearm. On October 10, 2014, the second trial ended in another mistrial.

On January 28, 2015, a prosecutor cleared Weekley of the last remaining charge against him, ensuring there would not be a third trial.

It has been 5 years...

Please help bring Aiyana's killer to justice. Open an investigation now.