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Fulton Co. Judge shot and killed in courthouse shooting (BREAKING Fri 9A)
WAGA-TV/WSB-TV Atlanta
| 3.11.05
Posted on 03/11/2005 6:39:06 AM PST by mhking
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To: wimpycat
What hit your funny bone enough to make you ignore your inner third cousin?
To: thelastvirgil
How in the hell did this guy ever get out of the building? He, and many more like him, should be shot during his escape attempt.
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I thought when I heard the early headlines that the only way he could have gotten out of a courthouse with all that security must have been that he had hostages. But I have not heard anything like that in the coverage, and it now seems that this was the keystone cops in the Atlanta area.
The local cops make this hood seem like Jack Bauer.
To: George from New England
If they only put LE individuals BIGGER then this guy - either by height or weight or build this most likely would have been avoided completely. Not necessarily. Speed, or more properly quickness, is probably more important in a situtation where the suspect tries to snatch the officer's weapon.
3,243
posted on
03/11/2005 7:51:58 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Activist Judges can twist the Constitution into anything they want ... or so they think.)
To: angcat
"They all sound crazy."
Yeah, that's how it looks to me too. But what do I know? Maybe it's normal behavior for a judge to order no restraints of any kind on a defendant who is known to be a violent felon who tried to smuggle two knives into the courtroom in his shoes just the day before. Some people on this thread seem to think that's prudent behavior for a judge.
"Why is a female deputy escorting this big man alone?"
It's just a guess, but I think it arises from lack of discipline and supervision, along with runaway PC and a cavalier attitude toward the safety of the public.
Why did the prosecutor say he was "not violent" in her news conference?
Too many martinis at lunch?Of course, everybody, including the DA, is scrambling to cover his/her backside. She won't be the only one in denial in the coming days.
She must have been smoking crack.
In Atlanta, I assume everyone I meet is on crack or drunk unless proven otherwise.
From what he did to his ex girlfriend how can a jury come back hung?
Think, "OJ Simpson and that jury in downtown LA." All it takes is one bad juror.
3,244
posted on
03/11/2005 7:54:45 PM PST
by
Bonaparte
(Of course, it must look like an accident...)
To: George from New England
Any one heard HOW MANY ROUNDS does this perp have in the gun? How many possible - how many spent, etc. I doubt that he has bought more ammo. Deputies gun would have about 15 rounds. No reports he fired near that many rounds. Also he could have grabbed the spare magazine(s?) from the first deputy he shot. Plus possibly another gun and more magazines from the one he shot and killed later. I don't think we can count on him being out of ammunition. Luckily he didn't steal a police/sheriff's car, then he'd have a shotgun and maybe a for real assault rifle.
3,245
posted on
03/11/2005 7:57:35 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Activist Judges can twist the Constitution into anything they want ... or so they think.)
To: El Gato
"...having little or nothing to do with the sex of the deputy involved."In general, who will stand the best chance in a hand-to-hand contest against a big, violent male -- a man or a woman?
3,246
posted on
03/11/2005 7:58:23 PM PST
by
Bonaparte
(Of course, it must look like an accident...)
To: El Gato
Your scenario doesn't match this situation at all. They were not even *in* the courtroom when her gun was taken and she was shot. To me it sounds like a procedural and/or issued equipment problem, having little or nothing to do with the sex of the deputy involved. Yeah, I based it on a courtroom scenario before we got additional details. In the actual situation it appears the deputy had to be in close contact with the guy and did she have to also be alone? At any rate there are procedures that could have been followed that would have had a different ending. Usually when something like this happens, there are at least three violations of safety. (1) Alone (2) with weapon, (3) Judge overlooking a smuggled weapon last week which would have justified extra caution. That about does it.
3,247
posted on
03/11/2005 8:02:12 PM PST
by
KC_for_Freedom
(Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
To: Bonaparte
Fox now reporting that the green Honda has been found. No other details. Reporter now going into a rehash of the day.
To: kilowhskey
more details.
found in the AJC parking deck up on Marietta Street.
To: Bonaparte
FOX reporting the green car has been found...in the same parking garage where he stole it---or one very close by!
3,250
posted on
03/11/2005 8:03:51 PM PST
by
Timeout
(Dean & the Bike Path Left: aging anti-warriors who use "summer" as a verb~~Jonah)
To: higgmeister
OMG----where the hell is he now?
3,251
posted on
03/11/2005 8:04:06 PM PST
by
Mears
("Call me irresponsible".)
To: kilowhskey; Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; ..
WSB-TV is reporting that the green Honda has been found at Marietta and Spring Streets in downtown Atlanta, about two blocks from where it was carjacked this morning.
3,252
posted on
03/11/2005 8:04:21 PM PST
by
mhking
(Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
To: mhking
3,253
posted on
03/11/2005 8:04:56 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
To: Mears
OMG----where the hell is he now?He literally could be anywhere.
3,254
posted on
03/11/2005 8:05:10 PM PST
by
mhking
(Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
To: mhking
This guy is good.
Where's the best place to hide? Where they think you've already escaped from.
3,255
posted on
03/11/2005 8:05:44 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: cajungirl
He has an agenda doesn't he that won't wait for the truth to be told before his conclusion is drawn. I don't know what his problem is but it isn't my problem.
3,256
posted on
03/11/2005 8:06:29 PM PST
by
groanup
(http://www.fairtax.org)
To: Toskrin
"The newspaper reporter who was carjacked mentioned that the guy didn't have a shirt on."Would you want to make a jail break in a high-jacked car while clearly wearing a jail issued shirt?
He took it off on his way to the parking deck.
One of the reasons he checked the trunk and back seat before screeching out of there, may have been to look for a jacket or shirt to wear.
3,257
posted on
03/11/2005 8:07:29 PM PST
by
Bonaparte
(Of course, it must look like an accident...)
To: Timeout
How in hell did they miss that car in the very parking lot it was stolen from. Somebody screwed the pooch on this one
3,258
posted on
03/11/2005 8:07:46 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(Authoritarian rule is not the wave of the future; it is the last gasp of a discredited past.)
To: Spktyr
sounds to me that he flipped cars immediately, and since the next one wasn't reported stolen, he's taken a hostage and a car.
Just my two cents.
3,259
posted on
03/11/2005 8:08:03 PM PST
by
surfatsixty
(Proud Father of a USMC Grunt.)
To: mhking
He literally could be anywhere. I'm beginning to believe this guy is smarter than your average joe six-pack.
3,260
posted on
03/11/2005 8:08:07 PM PST
by
groanup
(http://www.fairtax.org)
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