Posted on 06/10/2016 12:02:58 PM PDT by Trump20162020
A Georgia homeowner shot in the neck after police went to the wrong house has died, a lawyer for the family said Friday.
William Powell, 63, died Thursday afternoon at Atlanta Medical Center, attorney Keith Martin said.
A preliminary review of the 911 call indicates the three officers who responded had gone to the wrong home and showed up at Powell's house, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
Powell was armed with a gun and was shot in the neck by one of the officers, authorities said. He had grabbed the gun for protection, not knowing who might be outside in the dark of night, Martin said. A nearby home had been burglarized just two weeks before the shooting, he added.
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This is the kind of problem you get with an elite-guard mentality. Someone’s going to be sheep, and sheep will sometimes get kicked out of the way by jackboots.
I’d say that 911 for anything except a purely medical call, should summon a posse ASAP. The neighbors should definitely know, in the case of fire or crime.
Obviously just a dead white guy or the headline would be screaming “cop kills black “.
As the family attorney said this morning it not a matter of if they win in court its just a matter of how huge the award will be.
And a bunch of sheep get dinged a little more in taxes and everyone rolls over and goes to sleep again.
Makes it tough to say, “Whoops! NEVERMIND.”
There has to be some punishment for this stuff. But you have a point. I believe the individuals involved throughout the police Dept should be sued individually. If enough receive financial ruin maybe they will be more careful and get addresses straight.
It’s the commie lib, DemocRAT way. Obammie and his motel maid, Get Back Home Loretta (Lynch) have already decided that Clinton “didn’t do anything wrong”.
Life is the ultimate civil right.
18 U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
The officers “gave verbal commands for Powell to drop his handgun which he did not comply with,”
Before, during, or after they shot him?
Stockbridge Georgia
It was in Tennesee right after WW2
The poor cop. Think how he must feel, having his police bullet violently assaulted by an aggressive homeowner’s neck while doing his duty.
There oughtta be a law.
Cops are just psycho shooters these days.
Blam! “Put” Blam! “Your” Blam! “F***ing” Blam! “Hands up”
“Radio, 4 Paul 8, we need backup and uh, one in custody.”
Stockbridge is 55% black. County as a whole is slight majority white, but trending down.
The town you reference is Athens, GA and it happened in 1947.
It was calle The Battle of Athens.
Are the police unable to check and re-check addresses. Are they unable to contact from a distance with loudspeakers? Are they unable to be good citizens? These cops should be fired and lose pension rights...at least.
I would believe the wife.
After about 10 years of this crap happening more frequently, I’ve got an idea.
Make a SWAT checklist. (First Item)
DOUBLE CHECK THE ADDRESS!
(I’m a genius, so I think of these things long before normal folk.)
you got that one right. There is no situation than involving the police can’t make worse.
It already has been. It cost one man his life. Seems pretty expensive to me.
Athens, TN. But THANKS!!!!!
Those were real heroes. That spirit is long gone.
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