I think this is the most despicable shit LEO will ever try to make nice on. YOU BASTARDS! ------------------------- http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/woman.shot.ap/index.html ------------------------- Here is a snippit of that article. ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Many people on the run-down northwest Atlanta street where Kathryn Johnston lived fortify their windows with metal bars and arm themselves for protection. Johnston, 92, was no exception. Alone in her home, she was waiting with her gun on Tuesday night when a group of plainclothes officers with a warrant knocked down her door in a search for drugs, police said. She opened fire, wounding three officers, before being shot to death, police said. (Watch niece's fury at police shooting ) Assistant Police Chief Alan Dreher called the killing "tragic and unfortunate" but said the officers were justified in returning fire. "You don't know who's in the house until you open that door," Dreher said Wednesday. "And once they forced open the door, they were immediately fired upon." The Rev. Markel Hutchins, a civil rights activist and spokesman for Johnston's family, said he could understand why the elderly woman would arm herself. "She was afraid," Hutchins said. "This is a horrifying situation in a neighborhood where crime happens often. This incident is a result of a mix-up." The officers had gone to the old woman's house with a search warrant after buying drugs there from a man known only as Sam, police said. (Watch what police and family say about the shooting -- 2:53 ) Police issued a "John Doe" warrant on Wednesday for the arrest of Sam, believed to be in his early to mid 30s, who allegedly sold the drugs to the undercover agent. Dreher would not say how the dealer knew Johnston. Investigators also said they found drugs in the home after Johnston was killed. Officer Joe Cobb, a police spokesman, said the type of drug involved would not be disclosed until it was verified by the crime lab. ---- For the full story see link.
Definately a fucked up deal!!! She had every right to shoot their asses!!! :qleft7: :snorting: And people wonder why we keep saying not to grow in, or deal from their parent's house. :5headache:
I just caught an update on NPR It would seem that Atlanta is Guilty as we assumed. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/2008/10/31/tesler.html Plea in botched raid ends feds’ case Civil rights violated: Ex-police officer could be imprisoned for 10 years as a result of elderly woman’s ‘06 death, cover-up. By Bill Rankin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday, October 31, 2008 The federal investigation into the fatal shooting of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston ended Thursday with the guilty plea of former Atlanta police Officer Arthur Bruce Tesler. Against the advice of his lawyer, Tesler pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate civil rights, resulting in the Nov. 21, 2006, death of Johnston at her Neal Street home. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] As part of a plea agreement, federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 10 years and one month in prison. Tesler, 42, is to be sentenced in February. Johnston’s killing shocked the nation. It also rocked the Atlanta police force with revelations that officers faked warrants to make drug cases. “The killing of Kathryn Johnston by Atlanta police officers was a terrible and unnecessary tragedy,” U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said. “We are glad that today’s guilty plea brings another measure of justice to Ms. Johnston, her family and our community.” The case prompted a revamping of the narcotics squad and extensive training, Nahmias added. The federal investigation is now over. The FBI will hand over a report to Atlanta police Chief Richard Pennington with recommendations that could lead to state prosecutions or administrative discipline of other officers, Nahmias said. Greg Jones, FBI special agent in charge, said both he and Nahmias were pleased the federal probe did not uncover “systemic corruption” throughout the Atlanta Police Department. Still, Jones said, he believed it was “inevitable” that misconduct by Atlanta narcotics officers taking illegal shortcuts to obtain warrants would result in a fatal shooting such as Johnston’s. The federal probe already resulted in the guilty pleas of Jason R. Smith and Gregg Junnier, two of Tesler’s partners the night of Johnston’s death. Both pleaded guilty to a state charge of voluntary manslaughter and federal civil rights charges. They have yet to be sentenced. Tesler, who did not fire shots on the evening of Johnston’s death, was stationed at the rear of the home when the shooting occurred. The fatal incident started out as a planned arrest of a drug dealer, with officers believing a kilogram of cocaine was inside Johnston’s home. The officers lied to a judge, smashed in Johnston’s door and unloaded 39 shots at the elderly woman as she fired a shot at the invaders with an old revolver. One officer then handcuffed Johnston as she lay dying. Drugs were then planted in her basement. In May, Tesler was convicted in Fulton County of in the investigation of the botched drug raid. He was sentenced to four years and six months in prison. Nahmias said federal authorities did not believe Tesler’s state punishment was adequate. Tesler’s plea almost didn’t occur. Hours before the hearing, his lawyer, William McKenney, said his client had yet to make up his mind. At the plea hearing, Mc-Kenney disclosed he thought Tesler should have fought the charges at trial. “But he’s making a decision that’s only his to make,” the defense attorney told U.S. District Judge Julie Carnes. When Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon-Peter Kelly read the “factual basis” of the case, Tesler waivered. Carnes then gave Tesler, wearing leg irons and an orange prison jumpsuit, time to read the prosecution’s account. For the next 10 minutes, Tesler sat at the defense table reviewing it. McKenney then gave the document back to prosecutors, who made minor changes and returned it to Tesler for his review. Tesler, finally satisfied, agreed to the changes another 10 minutes later and entered his plea. State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta), who attended the plea, said the two years since Johnston’s shooting have been “hellish” for the northwest Atlanta community. He called for a robustly funded citizen review board to investigate police misconduct and legislation outlawing no-knock warrants to protect both the public and the police. “Hopefully, what happened today will be one step in a healing process, but we have a long way to go,” Fort said. “Do I think something like this can happen again? Yes, I do.” ----------------------------------------- Randy
Atleast justice was served and that asshole is going to be setting behind bars. He should be, a 92 women shouldn't pose a threat to a officer unless she has a shotgun in her hands!
I am so confused, like, I just saw him go to trial for this like 2 days ago, and he was FOUND guilty... Asshole. Crying over the thought of his family losing his pension benefits on the stand. What an asshole.
Okay. Like I'm way confused, like somebody slipped me some acid or something, because. I watched him on trial. And I saw it come over Breaking News!! that he was convicted of and shit. Like 2 days ago. But everything on the internet said this was done and over with and he'll be sentenced like in February '09 or something. Am I on drugs, people?? Somebody else must have seen what I saw.
