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Aiyana Stanley-Jones was 7 years old when she was killed by a single bullet to the head. As officer Joseph Weekley walks free, another community is demanding answers about the increasing militarisation of law enforcement
Aiyana Stanley-Jones
In a photograph from May 2010, Dominika Stanley and Charles Jones, hold a picture of their daughter, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, in a Detroit courtroom. Photograph: Mandi Wright/AP
Rose Hackman in Detroit
Saturday 31 January 2015 17.33 GMT
Final charges against Joseph Weekley, a police officer who shot dead a 7-year-old girl, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, in Detroit in May 2010, were dismissed on Friday, leaving a family bereft and raising serious concern among national groups over an increasingly militarized –police force.