Posted on 11/21/2006 9:12:54 PM PST by Hazcat
92-year-old woman was killed after she shot three Atlanta narcotics officers Tuesday night when they broke down the front door of her home trying to serve a search warrant, police said.
One officer was hit in the arm, one was struck in the shoulder, and one was shot in the thigh. All were rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where they were in stable condition late Tuesday night. Police did not release their identities.
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Why do you say that?
The "police" in plain cloths knocked her door down and came sworming in. She's in a high crime neighborhood and was afraid. So far, nothing in this reports indicates she is anything other than a victim.
Will be a very interesting story to read more about.
No. Future "raids" should be conducted after performing surveillance on the house, and if it's discovered the sole occupant is a 92-year old woman, they should be conducted by uniformed officers who knock on the door, smile, and say "Good afternoon, Ma'm! Mind if we take a look around?", instead of going in like f$%king SEAL Team Six.
I'd also like to know what kind of "narcotics" they thought were in there. This kind of sh!t isn't justified for a couple bags of pot.
Even if they yelled police she may not have understood. At 92 she probably has some hearing decline. Sometimes it takes a little longer to process what's going on too.
Seriously, do they really expect you to just sit there for anyone who can yell "police"? At least it's a little more difficult to find a police uniform if you're planning to illegitimately break into someone's house.
I don't think it is justified at all.
Is knocking on the door and announcing that you're police officers with a warrant also part of being undercover? Or do you think maybe at that point, the undercover stage might have been over?
Well, anyway, that's one less 92 year old lady terrorizing the neighbors! She won't go around sticking her stupid old lady door in the way of the narcs anymore.
Very true. No doubt a huge wrongful-death lawsuit is already in the works. It would seem that the police involved have an impossibly deep hole to climb out of.
lol@"going in like f$%king SEAL Team Six"
lmao
Agreed. But screaming police is not enough. Anyone can do that - including the neighborhood gangs she feared.
The police have a duty to properly identify themselves. There is no reason why they shouldn't be properly uniformed officers with badges when raiding a home.
A dozen centuries qualify as "a period of time."
I guess it depends on the agency. Some agencies require that a uniformed officer be present when undercover teams serves search warrants. Even then, mistakes happen.
ping
"Tons of information is missing fromt he article."
I agree.
It would be interesting to know if any person rented a room/garage space/storage space there at the house.
c'mon, we are not writing a novel here. Leave the Strunk and White at home.
D*mn. That's the best post of today.
One story said that she opened fire when the cops "approached the house."
Man, that was one trigger-happy b!tch if that is how it happened.
Here's an example:
Fake cops storm into Penn Hills house
Rodger Macek thought something was wrong with the wood-burning stove in the basement of his Penn Hills home when he heard a loud bang about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Yet when the Beechford Road man came downstairs to investigate, he was met by four armed men dressed in dark clothing. Two of the men wore jackets with the word "police" in large letters across the front."I knew it wasn't the cops because they don't bust through your door wearing ski masks," said Macek, 47.
One of the intruders ordered him to the kitchen floor, put a gun to Macek's head and demanded to know where the money and drugs were hidden.
Well, unless they subsequently broke down the door, even after being shot, it seems likely that she waited until they broke down the door to fire.
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