Tuesday, May 18, 2010

7 year old detroit girl killed in police raid

there's a story that's been talked about for the last couple of days on local michigan news broadcasts that has really upset me.

while searching for a murder suspect, a swat team entered a detroit home. while confronting the owners of the home, things got ugly. when the occupants of the house wouldn't comply and police had to use force to carry out their search warrant. when a scuffle broke out, one of police officers guns went off and killed a young 7 year old girl who was sleeping on the couch.

usually, i am not a fan of cops because they break up parties and things that aren't causing any harm. but i think if you are hiding a murderer in your home, complying with police is the only reasonable thing to do.

now the neighborhood of the family is getting all agro because the girl "was killed by those who were sworn to protect us." if that's how the community feels, than why the hell would you prevent the police from catching someone who actually committed a murder, on purpose? seems like if you want them to serve and protect, then you would let them do their job during a homicide investigation.

i think what happened is terrible and i feel awful and very sympathetic towards the family. no parents should have to go through this. but maybe next time don't hide murderers in your home.

detroit sucks