19 Year Old, Detroit Woman Shot To Death Asking For Help After Car Accident

by | Nov 7, 2013 | News | 0 comments

Where have we seen this story played out before? That’s right, in the good old U.S.A, the land of the free and the home of the brave?

This slogan the country loves to spout just doesn’t seem to hold water as another senseless murder of a black person happens in this country.

And to be shot to death after seeking assistance from a car accident makes it even worse. Can’t believe some people have such little regard for life in this country.

Renisha killedFrom Fox News Detroit: “This man just came to the door, by somebody just  knocking? She didn’t break in his house; she didn’t break a window. What, you seen somebody on your porch and you just start shooting? And then you say it was accidental? That wasn’t accidental; that wasn’t accidental, no,” says Bernita Spinks. She is the victim’s aunt.

Dearborn Heights police believe Renisha McBride, 19, was shot in self-defense as the shooter believed she was an intruder. Her family was initially told by police that her body was “dumped” and discovered near Warren Avenue and Outer Drive, but now police are saying she died on the man’s front porch.

Source: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/23876234/death-of-girl-19-in-dearborn-heights-may-have-been-self-defense-gone-wrong#ixzz2jxpf1lzM

The Dearborn Heights police department needs to be investigated as well as they initially believed this shooting was in self-defense. However, things are beginning to change as more and more information comes out about the case and many people are doubting this was a case of self defense.

There was no signs of breaking and entering. No windows were broken. No neighbors even reporting shouting or aggression at the scene of the crime, the front porch of the house in question.

McBride’s maternal aunt, Bernita Spinks, told The Detroit News the young woman was shot in the back of the head as she left the porch of the home where she sought assistance.

Spinks said no matter if the shooter believed McBride to be an intruder, shooting her was not justified.

“He shot her in the head … for what? For knocking on his door,” Spinks told The Detroit News on Tuesday.“If he felt scared or threatened, he should have called 911.”

Shot in the back of the head? How in the world could you almost come to this conclusion, especially when the body was dump somewhere else after the shooting.

If it was self defense, who would move the body from a white neighborhood, which you know you would get the benefit of the doubt?

If you don’t know the Dearborn Heights neighborhood, you should be aware it is a wildly white area that has a history of doubt and suspicion to blacks in the area. And yes, in case you are wondering, Michigan has the infamous Stand Your Ground law that is behind many deaths of black throughout our community.

Hopefully, justice is served in this case, but I wonder when is the black community going to grow sick and tire of this mess?

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