Posted on 11/22/2006 1:30:23 AM PST by Sprite518
A 92-year-old woman was shot to death Tuesday after she fired at three narcotics officers trying to serve a warrant at her house, officials said.
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"Police say "they were acting on a tip." "
They always say that like it's some kind of defense. I bet if someone tipped them that the mayor was doing something dirty they wouldn't pull a similar stunt without checking things out.
I generally support the police, but sometimes...
The War on Drugs is not about stopping people from getting high, it is about the payroll for those waging it. Follow the money!
Good.
If it turns out as I suspect it will, I hope this woman's family nails the police to the wall.
"Neighbors and relatives said it must have been a case of mistaken identity."
"As the plainclothes Atlanta police officers approached the house about 7 p.m., a woman inside started shooting, striking each of them..."
Somehow, I don't think that this was a case of mistaken identity.
Yes, there is a smell.
LLS
"Several weird things... one thing the Atlanta police always release the names of wounded officers but not in this case"
If you were a trained cop, and had been shot by a 92 year old woman, would you want your name released?
the officers were following orders. The ones who planned this so called raid did not do their homework, and an innocent woman was gunned down. The planners of this raid are guilty of murder in the first degree.
That's good shootin' for a 92 year old woman.
>>If you were a trained cop, and had been shot by a 92 year old woman, would you want your name released?<<
No. Its been interesting to listen to the police spokesman - they have stopped referring to her by name and are just calling her "the perpetrator."
One thing I'd hate to get lost in my post is the hope for a full recovery by the officers and respect for a terribly, terribly difficult job.
They got assigned to go into this house - the door was fortified, they had trouble getting in and got shot at. Then they killed an apparently innocent person. I feel for them. I pray for them.
In any one of these cases the police ought to check the local title records to see who owns the house and their own records to see if any disturbances or other unusual activity have been reported before trying to break in to the house. If the records check reveals nothing out of the ordinary, they ought to knock on the door during day light hours and properly identify themselves before attempting to enter, even if it did mean a few druggies would be able to destroy the evidence. In this case the woman probably heard the attempted forcible entry, feared for her life, and began shooting. The same thing could happen to anyone who lives alone and keeps a loaded weapon for personal protection.
Security doors aren't at all uncommon. My house was burgled about ten years ago by the perp kicking in the front door. A security door's been there ever since. No more burglaries.
This is a terribly sad situation all around and will require a full, impartial investigation.
>>This is a terribly sad situation all around and will require a full, impartial investigation.<<
Yeah, I suspect somebody outside, probably the Georgia Bureau of investigation will want to look at this to make sure its done right.
Its entirely possible she has a young relative who has conducted serious criminal activity from there and its ewntirely possible it was a terrible screw up. I'm not even sure those are mutually exclusive.
Sound advice!
LLS
In all fairness to the Atlanta police, that library book was a full month overdue. Someone has to stop this madness.
There are just a few more well-known, but undiscussed, facts
that we know down here: The AJC (our local big city biased commie rag) is giving a great deal of play to the fact that the ATL police have shot some 12 people this past year and of courrrrrsssseeee "it's the cops' fault" without, also of course, offering the true stories of why the shootings happened. ATL is a major drug hub and gangs flourish with that screwball Jackson administration not doing a damn thing. It's so corrupt they can't investigate their own. You think NO is bad? Ain't nuthin' compared to ATL. There is probably a very good chance that that 92 year old woman had family members dealing out of her house and that's probably why the gun was there in the first place. Since all the cops were shot, I'm believing that they tried to keep her from shooting the very best they could, giving her chances they never would have given anyone else.
My husband's police department and every other department in pretty much every county surrounding ATL are absorbing a lot of transfers from the city police because they have HAD it. You can't police one of the most crime ridden cities in the SE with an administration like Jackson's hundcuffing you. From the top, down, it's nothing but corruption, mismanagement, screwups and mistreatment.
As for most of the rest of us? Not too many of us will travel into the city after dark. It's just not safe.
"I'll shoot him in his tootles...."
A true classic quote.....
Thanks for posting, especially since I live in Atlanta. This is the first time I've seen it on FR. I went to bed about midnight last night and didn't see it posted.
If it were really about money to pay government employees, then recreational narcotics would be legal and sold by a state monopoly at very profitable margins.
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