Judge faults security procedures (in Atlanta massacre)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 3.13.05 | STEVE VISSER

[TexKat]

And please keep FulCo Sheriff Myron Freeman as far as is humanly possible from a microphone. His command of the English language makes Chief Moose sound like a Rhodes Scholar.

Oh you are so mean. Fulton has not been in that position long enough to get the lingo down yet. That is because he has only been in that position 2 months. I repeat: only 2 months. And I will repeat again: 2 months. And I will..........:o)

[canalabamian]

Yes, improve the security, but not until after Nichols is properly executed for his crimes.

Thats just stupid. Wouldn't it be wise to improve security NOW since it has been exposed as weak? Besides, it could be years until he is executed. Cops should have taken care of that Saturday, IMO.

[FairOpinion]

Why didn't they shakle and handcuff the prisoner, known to be violent?

That and keeping weapons away from him shouldn't have been very difficult.

But I bet there was more bleeding heart logic at work, that they didn't want to "prejudice" the jury, by showing the defendent in shakles and handcuffs.

[SiliconValleyGuy]

Revised headline: Senior judge has keen sense of the bleedin' obvious.

You got that right. The ultimate in Monday morning quarterbacking---and saying what everyone else on the planet is thinking.

[FreedomCalls]

He said the office needs to develop physical fitness standards because some deputies aren't in good enough shape or are too small in stature to safely handle prisoners in a fight.

They can't do that AND meet judge-imposed gender quotas.

Rambo said deputies transporting prisoners should go in pairs

Then fork over the money to hire twice as many deputies as are currently on the payroll.

[FreedomCalls]

Rambo said deputies transporting prisoners should go in pairs and be armed only with Tasers, mace and batons, not loaded firearms.

It worked great with Rodney King didn't it?

[FreedomCalls]

"unmentioned in this article is the fact that the law requires that the perp cannot be brought into the courtroom wearing handcuffs because this would not be fair to the perp"

Are you sure? I thought it was only a judicial ruling and not an actual law that made that requirement so as not to violate the "fair and impartial trial" aspect of the Constitution.

[rdcorso]

It's better to keep armed officers away from the inmates while unarmed officers handle all the close contact duties.You don't want to give them an opportunity to take the weapon as happened in Atlanta.We would never have an armed officer put the restraints on an inmate no matter if there were ten other armed officers standing there watching.You put yourself in vulnerable positions while restraining prisoners that would make it easy for the weakest inmate to grab your gun.

[rdcorso]

The rules have changed dramatically over the past fifteen years thanks to the ACLU lawyers.Now you can't put your hands on an inmate until he gives you a reason to.Then after he punches you in the face you have to be sure that you're not too rough when you restrain him or else he will file a lawsuit against you.So after the assault if you don't get fired over your take down technique you can go to court and watch them ignore the part of the film where you were assaulted while they zoom in on your actions.Hopefully you didn't lose your head and you get to keep your house and job.

[NormalGuy]

The media wrings its hands about a gun in the hands of a strong young man against a small old women. The issue should be simply "What was a small old women doing guarding a strong young man known to be violent against women and illegally attracted to other people's guns?"