Analysis Of Charlie Leduff s Who Killed Aiyana

‘â€Å"I can accept the shooting was a mistake,† Jones said about his daughter’s death as a bleary-eyed Stanley sat motionless next to him. â€Å"But I can’t accept it because they lied about it. I can’t heal properly because of it. It was all for the cameras. I don’t want no apology from the police. It’s too late†Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ (LeDuff, 122). In Charlie LeDuff’s story â€Å"Who Killed Aiyana† he discusses the tragic loss of a little girl, all that lead up to her death and the tragic evet that occurred. The First 48 television show was filming an episode about a shooting that had occurred nearby involving the father of Aiyana and a teenager named Je’Rean Blake (who had been shot and killed). The cameras were outside the little girls home and SWAT team that was trying to get into the home ended up throwing in a grenade through the window and landing nearby Aiyana. Then the lead commander, Officer Joseph Weekley sho t his gun and Aiyana was killed. The SPJ code of ethics were clearly broken many times throughout the reporting of this story on The First 48. Minimizing harm is one of the main sections of the SPJ ethics code and is the category that was very much broken by the reporters on this case. The SPJ code of ethics state, â€Å"Balance the public’s need for information against potential harm or discomfort. Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance or undue intrusiveness† Was the need to get the information as this time (midnight) worth risking the harm of others? There was no need for the