Fulton Co. Judge shot and killed in courthouse shooting (BREAKING Fri 9A)

WAGA-TV/WSB-TV Atlanta | 3.11.05

[retrokitten]

What a sick freak. I can't imagine why the jury was hung.

[CitizenM]

I just saw a picture of the highways down there. Loaded with cars. Boy, if I were there I sure wouldn't be driving anywhere now. 87 green honda, Georgia license: 6584YN People in Atlanta: Get off the streets!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

As often as I drive it, I only pay attention to traffic & upcoming lane changes and not the signs. God help me if I had to be more detailed than "take 400 North"

[Howlin]

No, because they are stupid; just from what I heard this girl talking about, he was guilty.

They'll have to live with it forever, if they have the sense to.

[connectthedots]

Ignorant here - what are shanks?

You are sooooo white. ;-)

[mhking]

Too late. I'm already in your kitchen cupboard.

Damn. So THAT's where my stash of Girl Scout Cookies went!

[Dead Corpse]

Confirming it was an semi-auto he got off the deputy. Either a Glock or a Beretta 92. That'd make it either a 9mm or a .40 Short and Weak.

[Mo1]

This girl on MSNBC talked to some people in the new trial; she says he has nothing to lose now and that he had already tried to smuggle "weapons" into the courtroom this week.

Huh????

[thesearethetimes...]

or again - why no restraints - the mind boggles...

[Peach]

Where on earth did he get a machine gun? Surely those aren't carried by court security.

And didn't he have to get searched at all before court? Where did he get the pot?

[Erik Latranyi]

MSNBC reporting that all four individuals shot (judge, court reporter, 2 deputies) are all dead.

[Miss Marple]

Fox was carrying a local feed that said Nichols might have a criminal justice background, so he would be familiar with....

And then of course, Fox broke away to Bridget Quinn.

[cyncooper]

Caller on MSNBC says all four are dead.

Anchorette says that is the first word stating they all died.

OMG

Caller = Karen Handel, Fulton County Board of Commissioners

[null and void]

...some (female) judge via phone on MSNBC about 10 min ago advocating all be disarmed, including the deputies.

*sigh* I was kidding on post #128...

[Wyatt's Torch]

If you drive on 400 North like I do, you have plenty of time to read the signs...;-)

[Erik Latranyi]

Where on earth did he get a machine gun?

MSNBC reporting he was charged with having a machine gun in the past.

[HairOfTheDog]

The machine gun was a prior charge... not today.

[Peach]

It would be great if those highway signs that warn of bad traffic ahead, etc., could post a picture of the perp.

Imagine sitting in a traffic jam and seeing him in the car next to you.

[mass55th]

"FNC: Perp had been out on bond and so wasn't cuffed."

Post #268 taken from the Fulton Co. Sheriff's Dept. says there was no bond and no bail. If he was out on bond after the mistrial, I'll be interested in knowing who the Judge was. If it was Barnes, he signed his own death warrant.

[Howlin]

Here in Raleigh, we've been having this guy in a skeleton mask showing up at ATMs at night, pulling a gun on people in the car, and taking their money.

I've been giving a LOT of thought to my surroundings lately. And for my stepdaughters and grandchildren. It makes me sick that I have to even do that.