Police were executing a search warrant on the house where Aiyana lived. They were seeking a homicide victim who had gunned down a 17 year old teen on Friday night. As the police SERT team entered the house, there was apparently some physical resistance offered by an inhabitant in the house. As a result, an officer's gun discharged, striking the 7 year old girl, inflicting a fatal wound. The police did eventually find and arrest the suspect without further incident.
Now I am sure there will be some sort of anti-police outcry on this. But I am also hopeful that the police department will do a thorough investigation and take the necessary steps to discipline or correct - whatever might be needed. It's not easy policing in these violent days in which we live. If the suspect being sought had not murdered his victim, Aiyanna would still be alive today. I hope that fact does not get overlooked in this discussion.
Bottom line, the old cliche "being at the wrong place at the wrong time" describes Ayianna's death. She was an innocent victim in this. And Ayianna's situation is all too common in our society today. No, not that there are many other children losing their lives to a stray bullet (although there are more of these than there should be). Rather, I am thinking of children who find themselves in the middle of a broken marriage. Mom and/or Dad decide they have had enough and so they walk out. Parents often think their kids will get over it. But research shows that this is simply not the case. Divorce impacts kids. And the impact is NOT GOOD! So all this to say, if you are contemplating a divorce - think
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pj
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