[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

If there is a good reason for placing somebody in handcuffs in the first place, how could having them removed by a single deputy in an isolated area?

So far, the incompetency list includes:
1) Having only one deputy escort a large powerful prisoner in an isolated area.
2) Having a 5-ft-something 51 YO female deputy escort a 6-ft-something 33 YO male prisoner into an isolated area.
3) Two deputies who are assigned to monitor the security camera(s) are not in position.
4) Apparently ignoring the trial judge's request for additional security following discovery of "shanks" on this prisoner the previous day.

It's called "situational management". What could they have been thinking?

5) Where was the courtroom security (i.e. good guys with guns)?
6) Where was the court house security (i.e. good guys with guns)?
7) Failure to sweep the parking garage for the second hijacked vehicle.

This represents abysmal management by the Fulton County Sheriff's Department. It's difficult to believe, but they actually make Chief Moose look competent by comparison. Un-freaking-believable!

[Gunrunner2]

Ahhh. . . come on. . .KJC1 tells us that "training" can enable that 51 YO petite female to physically overpower (one-on-one) a 6ft, 200 lb + male.

/sarcasm

(If ya cant tell, I'm tired of reading about PC killing people and, like the War on Terror, we avert our eyes and never speak the truth of the situation. Sheesh. . . )

[ladyjane]

Isn't it standard procedure to secure a crime scene and scour it for evidence? I'm curious to know why the parking garage wasn't thoroughly searched. They might have found some of his clothing or, heaven forbid, the green Honda. While I'm typing this I'm wondering if the garage was searched and nobody noticed the green Honda! LOL