Brooklyn mom organizes Detroit rally in honor of Aiyana Jones

She's not from Detroit and neither are her cohorts but through the internet they have galvanized to form the International Aiyana Alliance...

From Black Voices:

She’s not from Detroit and neither are her cohorts but through the internet they have galvanized to form the International Aiyana Alliance. It’s their response to the killing of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, who was fatally shot during a search raid performed by Detroit police in late May.

“When you’re a mom, that mother lionness instinct comes out in you and you’re just like ‘no this is unacceptable,’” Allison, Founder of the International Aiyana Alliance, said. “I started grieving for this child even though I had never met her.” The group recently held a peace march in Detroit to support the community and send an important message to the world.

“I wanted, initially, to present a visual image for people to see that when you kill a child, that child is connected to a mother who is connected to a father; a grandfather; a community,” she said. “It’s a ripple in the pond effect; that pain and grief spreads. It spread to me and my home.”

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