Trial Starts for Detroit Cop Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter for Seven-Year-Old Girl Killed in Raid

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A prosecutor says a Detroit police officer made critical errors during a raid that led to the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl.

Jurors have heard opening statements Monday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Joseph Weekley. There's no dispute that he fired his gun, striking Aiyana Stanley-Jones in 2010.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

A prosecutor says a Detroit police officer made critical errors during a raid that led to the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl.

The biggest error was to join the Detroit police.

[LifeStrategies]

The biggest error is the law that exonerates government employees from sanction when they lie and use force to carry out their job. The law says they're legally allowed to lie and mislead the public.