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Lessons from the Death of Aiyana Jones

Monday, May 24th, 2010

That’s the subject of my crime column this week.

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This entry was posted on Monday, May 24th, 2010 at 3:42 pm by Radley Balko and is filed under General Criminal Justice, Police Militarization, Police Professionalism, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Lessons from the Death of Aiyana Jones”

  1. #1 |  Rhayader |  May 24th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    Great column Radley. I mean, this shit is depressing as it gets, but great column.

  2. #2 |  Dante |  May 24th, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    So, regarding the story about SWAT killing a 7 year-old girl:

    1. They (SWAT) had to shoot her in order to “save the children”,

    and

    2. They didn’t do anything wrong, in fact they are heroes (wtf?),

    and

    3. If We the People don’t work hard to shut down SWAT teams, our child is next.

    More and more, Americans cannot trust the Police. They are no longer our nation’s finest, they are the criminal dregs of society.

    Teach your children to loathe the police. It may save their lives one day.

  3. #3 |  KBCraig |  May 25th, 2010 at 2:50 am

    Great article.

    One thing, though: in reference to Shaq, he has been a reserve police officer (an actual certified officer, not just an honorary badge) everywhere he has played, going back to his Lakers days. This has gotten some media coverage, but he’s mostly been quiet about it; he’s no Steven Seagal.

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