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Homeowner Shot After Georgia Police Go to Wrong Home Dies
ABC News ^ | June 10, 2016 | Jeff Martin

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; cops; donutwatch; emergency911; georgia; jbts; police
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To: who knows what evil?

You are very fortunate that you was not killed. This day and age,anytime one walks away with their life from an encounter with the police, they should thank the Good Lord.


61 posted on 06/10/2016 2:06:43 PM PDT by sport
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To: Forgotten Amendments

You’re right: Tennessee.


62 posted on 06/10/2016 2:12:31 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: Fhios
anyway, these 3 officers should have their firearms pulled and put on duty that doesn’t require a firearm for the rest of their careers.

So you would let them keep their jobs and pensions.

63 posted on 06/10/2016 2:40:33 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“Police[BANG]!”


64 posted on 06/10/2016 2:41:21 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients: net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Ok, I carry a gun for a living so bear with me and I’ll give my view: call comes in: “fighting and gun shots” with no address, just an “area.” It’s night. It’s not your neighborhood. You race to the location with no more information than above. You get to the general area and step out of the car with lights flashing and your flash light on...

Show of hands: who’s been there?

Personally, I have a simple system at night with this scenario: Everyone in a 500 yard area knows I’m there because I tell them. Loud. You draw, I draw. You point, I point. Otherwise, we cool.

I’ve never killed a dog or a human. I carry dog treats in the car. I think the 2nd Amendment is the greatest thing God gave us. I love armed homeowners.

I know that it seems like these guys were careless - and they may have been - but I reserve some judgement. If you think that officer went home excited that he shot an innocent man then I encourage you to talk to more officers, please. It’s not fun out in the dark and humans make terrible mistakes, but that guy will pay a price no matter what happened.


65 posted on 06/10/2016 2:49:53 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: mkjessup

Mistaken Lives Matter


66 posted on 06/10/2016 2:50:30 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: saintgermaine

How does one value the loss of a human life? Expensive?


67 posted on 06/10/2016 2:55:20 PM PDT by Beach333
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To: Trump20162020

I would charge all 3 with Murder


68 posted on 06/10/2016 3:05:24 PM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Ken H

No. They obviously have immunity. Prosecution would be futile.

Shoot someone under questionable circumstances and they should lose their jobs as armed police officers. No appeal, no union interference, no reinstatements.


69 posted on 06/10/2016 3:31:22 PM PDT by Fhios (Remember who supported who and who said what in election year 2016.)
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To: sport
You are very fortunate that you was not killed.

We happened to be outside when the first squad car rolled up, so there was no need to employ the battering rams they had brought with them. Now what do you suppose would have happened if I had gone to the door carrying a .357 in response to the horrific banging at the front door?

70 posted on 06/10/2016 3:45:48 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: who knows what evil?

You would be sitting on a cloud holding a daisy.


71 posted on 06/10/2016 4:34:54 PM PDT by sport
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To: Trump20162020; SmithL; Eyes Unclouded; Rodney King; Redcitizen; ellery; dcwusmc; ...
"Whoops... Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING

Click the link to be added to the "Whoops. Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING list.

72 posted on 06/10/2016 4:37:57 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Trump20162020
It is the insane WOD that got all this macho police BS started
And too damn many conservatives supported the policies
73 posted on 06/10/2016 4:46:22 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: DuncanWaring

Why bother with paperwork?

What difference does it make?


74 posted on 06/10/2016 6:14:10 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: sport

More likely a tomato since that is what we were being ‘busted’ for...


75 posted on 06/10/2016 6:21:30 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; amchugh; ...


Libertarian ping! Click here to get added or here to be removed or post a message here!

76 posted on 06/10/2016 9:46:10 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Trump20162020

That breaks my heart. Prayers for the family.


77 posted on 06/10/2016 10:06:35 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Trump20162020

Still more police idiocy.


78 posted on 06/11/2016 1:27:09 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Forgotten Amendments
There was. But the badge lickers react by shouting down all critics as "BLM" and citing phony stats about how many cops are being murdered. Face it. The frog is boiled. We live in a police state now. And "conservatives" are just as guilty as the totalitarian Left.

Sadly, I can't really dispute that , though it started long before the 'blm' crap.

79 posted on 06/11/2016 7:55:47 AM PDT by zeugma (Welcome to the "interesting times" you were warned about.)
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To: Trump20162020; Tax-chick

What’s a home dies?


80 posted on 06/11/2016 9:38:34 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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