Posted on 03/06/2014 4:58:30 PM PST by servo1969
The Euharlee, Georgia police officer who shot and killed a teenager because she wrongly thought he was holding a gun had made a similar mistake in the past, and was fired from her previous job as a police officer as part of long history of blunders and poor job performance.
When 17-year-old Christopher Roupe answered the door at his home on the night of February 17, officer Beth Gatny opened fire on him. Gatny, who was there to serve a warrant on Roupe’s father, had thought the teenager was holding a gun. Lawyers for the Roupe family say the kid did not have a gun, and was likely holding a video game controller for the Nintendo Wii.
Roupe died as a result of the shooting.
New evidence has surfaced suggesting that Gatny had a history of making this mistake and should never have been employed by the Euharlee police department. In 2008, she fired her gun at a suspect who was trying to open his backpack because she thought he was armed. The suspect was not armed, and her partner said there was no reason to think otherwise. An investigation disagreed with the partner and found Gatny innocent.
Worse, Gatny was fired from her job as a police officer in Acworth, Georgia before joining the Euharlee force nine months ago. Gatny was fired for failing to show up for work, according to NBC News.
Gatny sought disability compensation and was rejected because her claim was “not medically supported,” according to personnel records.
She was reprimanded for failure to follow orders and for leaving her weapon with a civilian while her picture was taken. She was also involved in four car accidents.
Euharlee police did not immediately respond to a request for comment as to whether they were aware of these facts when she was hired.
That's what people said after she was terminated at the Acworth PD and just before she was hired by the Euharlee PD.<
I am sure she is already getting calls from other departments offering her more pay.
She should be brought up on premeditated murder.
Eric Holder will hire her. Needed to investigate those dangerous tea party groups. No sarcasm
Tag needed.
In a fantasy world she would be, or in 1959.
I would not bet on it. Even though she deserves to spend the rest of her live in prison, the system, meaning the police and courts will defend , protect, and shield her as long as necessary. So long as it is the peasants she murders, the sky is the limit on how far she can go.
She will definitely get a promotion and odds that she will kill again are about the same as the sun will rise in the morning.
Acworth, GA? Wayyyy to close to home. This chick is a time bomb.
Of course she was. The photographer was pointing a gun at her.
Oh, wait, it was a camera.
You sure that she is off the street?
Did the article say that she has been fired?
Other than a whitewash, there won’t be a response.
Corporal Gatny’s photo
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Corporal?????
It looks like she went from the job she got fired from to this present job.
She has been on THIS JOB for 9 months.
How in the world did she get promoted to Corporal already?
TSA is probably holding a spot for her....
Yeah- imagine that. She was a supervisor.
She’s got THE EYES!
Fat lesbian who will prolly get hired by the IRS, investigating Tea Partiers.
This is what cops find acceptable in LE officers. No outcry for punishment, and a union will defend her job. But the cops and supporters can’t understand the hatred for modern LE.
Georgia Ping.
GA FReeper ping.
Keep an eye on your police and make sure they aren’t hiring idiots.
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