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Fulton Co. Judge shot and killed in courthouse shooting (BREAKING Fri 9A)
WAGA-TV/WSB-TV Atlanta | 3.11.05

Posted on 03/11/2005 6:39:06 AM PST by mhking

This is a breaking news situation.

A man entered a courtroom in the Fulton County Courthouse this morning and shot a Fulton County Sheriff's deputy, a clerk and a judge; there are reports from both WSB and WAGA, the judge is deceased.

The perp has carjacked multiple vehicles -- now on his third -- and is still at large.

I've just come from downtown Atlanta, and the city is a madhouse.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: ankleholster; assasination; atlanta; backupgun; bang; banglist; blueduck; briannichols; ccw; courthouse; crime; criminal; donutwatch; frcohesiveness; hci; judge; justdamn; mmm; sarahbrady; shooting
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
[BACKGROUND INFORMATION]When DeKalb County Recorders Court Judge R. Joy Walker first heard Nichols’ name on the morning news, she said to herself, “how do I know that name? I know that name.”

Moments later, when Nichols’ picture flashed on the TV screen, she remembered.

“When I saw him, I said, ‘Oh my God, I represented him,’” said Wlker, chief judge of the court that handles traffic and county ordinance violations.

Walker, a former public defender, represented Nichols while he was on probation from 1996 to 1999 for felony drug charges in Cobb County. When he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for possession of marijuana, she represented him at his probation revocation hearing.

“He was very respectable to me,” Walker said.

She said Nichols had a girlfriend at the time. “She was a very nice young lady, very respectable,” Walker said. The judge refused to revoke Nichols’ probation based on flimsy evidence, according to Walker.

2,001 posted on 03/11/2005 11:17:09 AM PST by CFW
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Good idea.


2,002 posted on 03/11/2005 11:17:20 AM PST by retrokitten (I heart Tony Snow)
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To: John Lenin
I'll accept that as "[NEW INFORMATION]" ! :-)
2,003 posted on 03/11/2005 11:17:44 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Illegal Aliens "Those Wonderful People" in Jail Now Are $1.4 Billion A Year For California Taxpayers)
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To: Charles Martel
Can he run a delicatessen as well?
2,004 posted on 03/11/2005 11:17:52 AM PST by Rightly Biased (I believe If you can't say something good about somebody your probably talking about Hillary Clinton)
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To: lugsoul

Any chance that you could find out info on the murderer's first trial for rape and kidnapping, which resulted in a mistrial? Was it a hung jury? If so, what was the count? Or was it something that happened during the trial?


2,005 posted on 03/11/2005 11:18:36 AM PST by Carolinamom
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To: SE Mom

NEW INFORMATION- 4 state troopers headed towards the Vinings area- west on 285 - high rate of speed...on FOX NEWS.

Thanks..tuning in


2,006 posted on 03/11/2005 11:19:11 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: retrokitten

Five police cars now sitting in median of highway. Possibly scanning traffic.


2,007 posted on 03/11/2005 11:19:25 AM PST by prairiebreeze (I am an Americanist. Deal with it.)
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To: Ignatz

Have union workers lose/crush/damage/destroy/misdeliver my packages?


2,008 posted on 03/11/2005 11:19:27 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: MEG33

5 police cars sitting on a highway all bunched up.


2,009 posted on 03/11/2005 11:20:02 AM PST by Dog (FReepers-- - -- --- We are a battery of 80,000 bullsh*t-seeking missiles.)
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To: MEG33
Thanks.

NEW INFORMATION- Hot pursuit now in place, apparantly on:


2,010 posted on 03/11/2005 11:20:27 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Illegal Aliens "Those Wonderful People" in Jail Now Are $1.4 Billion A Year For California Taxpayers)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I'd love to say what I think but best not to. It should be a wakeup call to the powers that be of the undercurrent gaining momentum in this country.


2,011 posted on 03/11/2005 11:21:25 AM PST by John Lenin (My wife made me join a bridge club. I jump off next Tuesday.)
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To: Dog

10 or 12 police cars now reported in a half mile stretch on I-285. Heavy concentration of LE cars.


2,012 posted on 03/11/2005 11:21:37 AM PST by prairiebreeze (I am an Americanist. Deal with it.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

10 to 12 police cars in a half mile stretch..


2,013 posted on 03/11/2005 11:21:39 AM PST by Dog (FReepers-- - -- --- We are a battery of 80,000 bullsh*t-seeking missiles.)
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To: Carolinamom

The first trial ended in a hung jury last week. The second trial began on Monday.


2,014 posted on 03/11/2005 11:21:43 AM PST by Republican Red (DU: ''Reality sucks. That's the problem. We want another reality.'')
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To: Republican Red
If they can shackle people in traffic court in Alpharetta why can't they shackle a violent rapist in Atlanta?

Because most traffic courts just have a judge, not a jury. The judge knows the defendant is guilty, so there is no reason to put on a show. When the jury is present, they have to carry out the 'presumption of innocence'. It the same reason that you can get away with leading questions and some hearsay in front of a judge. He'll just say that he can 'separate the wheat from the chaff' if an objection is made. In front of the jury, he would have to strike the improper comments and give instruction to the jury.

2,015 posted on 03/11/2005 11:21:52 AM PST by PAR35
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To: Dead Corpse
Yer talking a .40 with a 180gr at 900fps vs a 10mm 200gr at 1200 fps. No comparisson what so ever.

True, but you're only talking about one .40mm load. There are some much faster loads, 155gr @ 1200+ FPS, 135gr @ 1325 FPS, (See this article) which perform quite well. The full-on 10MM loads are certainly monsters, but if the FBI doesn't like the recoil and muzzle flip they give, its enough to make me think twice. Besides, the .357 JHP at fast speeds is the reigning king. Fast .40 S&W loads are pretty comparable.

2,016 posted on 03/11/2005 11:21:56 AM PST by TChris (Lousy homophobic FReeper troll, religious right, VRWC member)
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To: MEG33

Thanks, watching now...


2,017 posted on 03/11/2005 11:22:25 AM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

hold muh place bump!


2,018 posted on 03/11/2005 11:22:28 AM PST by beaureguard
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To: JeffAtlanta
"Are you sure about this?"

I'm only sure about what I read in the lead MSNBC article 30 minutes ago. It said the prisoner was not in cuffs or leg irons because the judge thought that would "prejudice the jury."

2,019 posted on 03/11/2005 11:22:49 AM PST by Bonaparte (Of course, it must look like an accident...)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

OK. I'm back.

Come to find out that Rachel and I missed being at the scene of one of the carjackings by about two or three minutes.

Talk about "cold sweat time"...


2,020 posted on 03/11/2005 11:22:57 AM PST by mhking (Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
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