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Post by WaTcHeR on Dec 8, 2006 12:17:24 GMT -5
12.08.2006 - ATLANTA - The police drug raid that ended in the shooting death of an elderly woman began with the arrest of a man earlier in the day for selling marijuana about five blocks away. Fabian Sheats, who had already been arrested for drugs twice in the last four months, told officers about a house where they could find a kilogram of cocaine. It was that tip that led police to the home of Kathryn Johnston on Nov. 21, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which cited a police report released Thursday. Sheats, 23, was arrested around 4 p.m. that day for selling marijuana. According to a report, written by Atlanta police investigator Arthur Tesler, Sheats "wanted to take us to a house that had a kilo of cocaine. Sheats directed us to 933 Neal Street N.W. where a buy of crack cocaine was later made and a search warrant drawn up for that location." Sheats said he had been in the home around 3 p.m. and saw the cocaine being broken up in a shoe box, the report said. Police say they then sent a confidential informant to Johnston's home, where he bought drugs. Tesler is one of two officers who obtained a "no-knock" search warrant for Johnston's house. The officers obtained the warrant, which allows officers to kick the door in unannounced, around 6 p.m. the same day - two hours after Sheats' arrest. An hour later, just before 7 p.m., a police team raided Johnston's home. Family members say Johnson was 92 years old; authorities claim she was 88. But when officers came through the door, police said, Johnston opened fire, wounding three officers. The officers returned fire, killing her. The informant has since denied buying drugs at Johnston's home and said he was told by police to lie about the incident. No cocaine was found in Johnston's home. A listing of the items found at Johnston's home included a small amount of marijuana. But Johnston's family is "denying on every level that any marijuana or any drugs of any kind were in that house," said Markel Hutchins, an activist who has become a spokesman for the family. www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/16192449.htm
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 14, 2007 15:26:33 GMT -5
Prosecutors intend to seek murder charges against three Atlanta police officers involved in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman in her home, according to a letter sent to an attorney for one of the officers.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard sent a letter that said he will ask a grand jury on Feb. 26 to deliver a murder indictment against officers Gregg Junnier, J.R. Smith and Arthur Tesler, said Rand Csehy, Junnier's attorney.
Kathryn Johnston died and three officers were wounded in the Nov. 21 shootout when police used a no-knock warrant to search for drugs in Johnston's northwest Atlanta home.
When officers entered her home without first announcing their presence, police say Johnston fired a handgun and officers returned fire, killing her. An autopsy concluded she was shot five or six times.
Narcotics officers said an informant had claimed there was cocaine in the home, but none was found.
A copy of the letter obtained by The Associated Press said that prosecutors would ask the grand jury to indict Junnier on charges of felony murder, as well as counts of violation of oath, burglary, criminal solicitation, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
"I expect an acquittal across the board," Csehy said. "I don't think there's any evidence supporting any of these charges."
A spokeswoman for Howard declined to comment on the letter.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Patrick Crosby, said his office and the FBI have not been contacted by Howard's office "regarding the issuance of such notices."
John Garland, an attorney for Smith, declined to comment on the letter, while William McKenney, an attorney for Tesler, did not immediately return several calls to his office seeking comment.
Junnier, 40, was hit in the leg, the face and his bulletproof vest in the shootout. Two other officers also suffered bullet wounds, one in the leg and one in the arm.
The shooting has brought renewed scrutiny to the police use of no-knock warrants, with which officers are allowed to raid homes where criminal activity is suspected without first announcing their presence.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 8, 2007 13:44:26 GMT -5
Prosecutors intend to seek murder charges against three Atlanta police officers involved in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman in her home, according to a letter sent to an attorney for one of the officers.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard sent a letter that said he will ask a grand jury on Feb. 26 to deliver a murder indictment against officers Gregg Junnier, J.R. Smith and Arthur Tesler, said Rand Csehy, Junnier's attorney.
Kathryn Johnston died and three officers were wounded in the Nov. 21 shootout when police used a no-knock warrant to search for drugs in Johnston's northwest Atlanta home.
When officers entered her home without first announcing their presence, police say Johnston fired a handgun and officers returned fire, killing her. An autopsy concluded she was shot five or six times.
Narcotics officers said an informant had claimed there was cocaine in the home, but none was found.
A copy of the letter obtained by The Associated Press said that prosecutors would ask the grand jury to indict Junnier on charges of felony murder, as well as counts of violation of oath, burglary, criminal solicitation, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
"I expect an acquittal across the board," Csehy said. "I don't think there's any evidence supporting any of these charges."
A spokeswoman for Howard declined to comment on the letter.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Patrick Crosby, said his office and the FBI have not been contacted by Howard's office "regarding the issuance of such notices."
John Garland, an attorney for Smith, declined to comment on the letter, while William McKenney, an attorney for Tesler, did not immediately return several calls to his office seeking comment.
Junnier, 40, was hit in the leg, the face and his bulletproof vest in the shootout. Two other officers also suffered bullet wounds, one in the leg and one in the arm.
The shooting has brought renewed scrutiny to the police use of no-knock warrants, with which officers are allowed to raid homes where criminal activity is suspected without first announcing their presence.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Dec 2, 2006 10:30:59 GMT -5
12.02.2006 - ATLANTA Atlanta police are heard on 9-1-1 tapes urgently calling for medical help and backup after an elderly woman was killed in a shootout with narcotics officers.
Police were serving a search warrant November 21st at the home of Kathryn Johnston when the shootout happened. Three officers were wounded.
The tapes, obtained by The Associated Press, feature a clear sense of urgency in their voices. Moments of brief shouting can be heard as officers work to coordinate their efforts.
F-B-I agents are investigating Johnston's shooting. Tapes are not available of the narcotics officers' initial confrontation because that division's communications are considered confidential.
Johnston's exact age isn't clear. Relatives says she was 92. The medical examiner says she was 88.
The officers involved in the shooting are on paid leave.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Dec 8, 2006 12:17:24 GMT -5
12.08.2006 - ATLANTA - The police drug raid that ended in the shooting death of an elderly woman began with the arrest of a man earlier in the day for selling marijuana about five blocks away. Fabian Sheats, who had already been arrested for drugs twice in the last four months, told officers about a house where they could find a kilogram of cocaine. It was that tip that led police to the home of Kathryn Johnston on Nov. 21, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which cited a police report released Thursday. Sheats, 23, was arrested around 4 p.m. that day for selling marijuana. According to a report, written by Atlanta police investigator Arthur Tesler, Sheats "wanted to take us to a house that had a kilo of cocaine. Sheats directed us to 933 Neal Street N.W. where a buy of crack cocaine was later made and a search warrant drawn up for that location." Sheats said he had been in the home around 3 p.m. and saw the cocaine being broken up in a shoe box, the report said. Police say they then sent a confidential informant to Johnston's home, where he bought drugs. Tesler is one of two officers who obtained a "no-knock" search warrant for Johnston's house. The officers obtained the warrant, which allows officers to kick the door in unannounced, around 6 p.m. the same day - two hours after Sheats' arrest. An hour later, just before 7 p.m., a police team raided Johnston's home. Family members say Johnson was 92 years old; authorities claim she was 88. But when officers came through the door, police said, Johnston opened fire, wounding three officers. The officers returned fire, killing her. The informant has since denied buying drugs at Johnston's home and said he was told by police to lie about the incident. No cocaine was found in Johnston's home. A listing of the items found at Johnston's home included a small amount of marijuana. But Johnston's family is "denying on every level that any marijuana or any drugs of any kind were in that house," said Markel Hutchins, an activist who has become a spokesman for the family. www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/16192449.htm
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Post by WaTcHeR on Dec 2, 2006 10:30:59 GMT -5
12.02.2006 - ATLANTA Atlanta police are heard on 9-1-1 tapes urgently calling for medical help and backup after an elderly woman was killed in a shootout with narcotics officers.
Police were serving a search warrant November 21st at the home of Kathryn Johnston when the shootout happened. Three officers were wounded.
The tapes, obtained by The Associated Press, feature a clear sense of urgency in their voices. Moments of brief shouting can be heard as officers work to coordinate their efforts.
F-B-I agents are investigating Johnston's shooting. Tapes are not available of the narcotics officers' initial confrontation because that division's communications are considered confidential.
Johnston's exact age isn't clear. Relatives says she was 92. The medical examiner says she was 88.
The officers involved in the shooting are on paid leave.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 29, 2006 10:51:21 GMT -5
Informant Says Cops Told Him To Lie About Shooting Of Elderly Atlanta Woman Well this is certainly a twist in the story. I wonder how long it will be for the cops around the nation to say that the informant is a liar? Well all informants are usually liars. If the Atlanta cops did try to get the informant to lie to cover their ass, then it's time to take cops down town and have a public hanging. Hang them until they are dead!
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 29, 2006 10:51:21 GMT -5
Informant Says Cops Told Him To Lie About Shooting Of Elderly Atlanta Woman Well this is certainly a twist in the story. I wonder how long it will be for the cops around the nation to say that the informant is a liar? Well all informants are usually liars. If the Atlanta cops did try to get the informant to lie to cover their ass, then it's time to take cops down town and have a public hanging. Hang them until they are dead!
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 28, 2006 18:12:39 GMT -5
Informant Says Cops Told Him To Lie About Shooting Of Elderly Atlanta Woman11.28.2006 - Atlanta, GA. - An unidentified police informant is in protective custody following a television interview in which he said officers had told him to lie about buying narcotics at a home where an elderly woman was shot and killed during a drug raid. Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington said at a press conference Monday, that the informant's comments contradicted statements made by officers who were at the scene when 88-year-old Kathryn Johnston was gunned down by plain-clothes officers. "The officers are saying one thing, the confidential informant is saying something else," said Pennington, in his first public comments about the shooting. Police had claimed that the informant told them he had bought narcotics from a drug dealer at the house where Johnston was killed. During an interview, however Monday on WAGA-TV, a man who identified himself as the informant said officers concocted the story after the shooting. The features of the informant were obscured during the televised interview. Police Chief Pennington said the informant had made similar comments to the police department's Internal Affairs unit. Three police officers were wounded during the Nov. 21 drug raid. Officers said Johnston was killed after she opened fire on investigators. Pennington told reporters that officers said they recovered a small amount of marijuana during the raid. Investigators had said they went to the house seeking to bust a cocaine sale. They entered the home on a "no-knock" warrant. The shooting has prompted the Atlanta Police Department to review its use of such warrants. Johnston's family and neighbors said the elderly woman had an intense fear of being assaulted, and that she lived cloistered behind locked doors and barred windows. Family members gave Johnston's age as 92, but a report by the medical examiner said records show she was 88. The seven narcotics officers and a police sergeant involved in the incident have been suspended, with pay, pending the outcome of the investigation. The names of the officers have not been released. The shooting has angered many Atlanta residents and prompted a wide scale investigation involving the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Fulton County District Attorney's office. www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005657297
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 28, 2006 18:11:07 GMT -5
11.28.2006 - Officials say the FBI will lead an investigation into the fatal shooting of an elderly Atlanta woman during a drug raid last week. The announcement was made by Police Chief Richard Pennington at a news conference Monday afternoon, where he was joined by officials from the FBI, the US Attorney’s Office, the GBI and Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard. A search warrant released by State Court in Fulton County says Atlanta police were looking for cocaine when they forced open the door of Kathryn Johnston Tuesday night, resulting in a shootout in which three officers were wounded. The warrant says the information came from an informant. The informant told officers that the home had surveillance cameras that the suspected drug dealer, called “Sam,” monitored carefully. Police have said “Sam” had sold drugs from inside Johnston’s home to an informant, prompting the officers to seek a “no-knock” warrant. Such warrants are frequently used by police to get inside a home before suspects have a chance to get rid of drugs. But a local television station aired an interview on Monday evening with a man who said he was the informant, and he said he never told officers that he bought drugs at Johnston's house. Pennington said at a news conference on Sunday that the department will review its policy on “no-knock” warrants and its use of confidential informants. www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=88225
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 28, 2006 18:12:39 GMT -5
Informant Says Cops Told Him To Lie About Shooting Of Elderly Atlanta Woman11.28.2006 - Atlanta, GA. - An unidentified police informant is in protective custody following a television interview in which he said officers had told him to lie about buying narcotics at a home where an elderly woman was shot and killed during a drug raid. Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington said at a press conference Monday, that the informant's comments contradicted statements made by officers who were at the scene when 88-year-old Kathryn Johnston was gunned down by plain-clothes officers. "The officers are saying one thing, the confidential informant is saying something else," said Pennington, in his first public comments about the shooting. Police had claimed that the informant told them he had bought narcotics from a drug dealer at the house where Johnston was killed. During an interview, however Monday on WAGA-TV, a man who identified himself as the informant said officers concocted the story after the shooting. The features of the informant were obscured during the televised interview. Police Chief Pennington said the informant had made similar comments to the police department's Internal Affairs unit. Three police officers were wounded during the Nov. 21 drug raid. Officers said Johnston was killed after she opened fire on investigators. Pennington told reporters that officers said they recovered a small amount of marijuana during the raid. Investigators had said they went to the house seeking to bust a cocaine sale. They entered the home on a "no-knock" warrant. The shooting has prompted the Atlanta Police Department to review its use of such warrants. Johnston's family and neighbors said the elderly woman had an intense fear of being assaulted, and that she lived cloistered behind locked doors and barred windows. Family members gave Johnston's age as 92, but a report by the medical examiner said records show she was 88. The seven narcotics officers and a police sergeant involved in the incident have been suspended, with pay, pending the outcome of the investigation. The names of the officers have not been released. The shooting has angered many Atlanta residents and prompted a wide scale investigation involving the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Fulton County District Attorney's office. www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005657297
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 28, 2006 18:11:07 GMT -5
11.28.2006 - Officials say the FBI will lead an investigation into the fatal shooting of an elderly Atlanta woman during a drug raid last week. The announcement was made by Police Chief Richard Pennington at a news conference Monday afternoon, where he was joined by officials from the FBI, the US Attorney’s Office, the GBI and Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard. A search warrant released by State Court in Fulton County says Atlanta police were looking for cocaine when they forced open the door of Kathryn Johnston Tuesday night, resulting in a shootout in which three officers were wounded. The warrant says the information came from an informant. The informant told officers that the home had surveillance cameras that the suspected drug dealer, called “Sam,” monitored carefully. Police have said “Sam” had sold drugs from inside Johnston’s home to an informant, prompting the officers to seek a “no-knock” warrant. Such warrants are frequently used by police to get inside a home before suspects have a chance to get rid of drugs. But a local television station aired an interview on Monday evening with a man who said he was the informant, and he said he never told officers that he bought drugs at Johnston's house. Pennington said at a news conference on Sunday that the department will review its policy on “no-knock” warrants and its use of confidential informants. www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=88225
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 27, 2006 15:43:11 GMT -5
I kindof figured it was going to be an informant that was involved in this. Paid informants are nothing more than cock suckers to the faggot prosecutors and police officers in the U.S. I hope the name of the informant is released and I hope someone blows a hole in his head. As far as the judge that signed the "death warrant" and to the cops, it would be real nice if they were involved in some sort of accident.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 27, 2006 15:36:19 GMT -5
Police to review 'no-knock' policy after elderly woman killed 11.27.2006 - Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington said Sunday his department will review its policy on "no-knock" warrants and its use of confidential informants after an elderly woman was fatally shot by plainclothes officers. Pennington's comments on the incident were the first since Kathryn Johnston was killed Tuesday night after she shot three narcotics officers, who were serving a warrant at her home when they were met with gunfire from the woman. The chief was out of town last week for the Thanksgiving holiday and said he was unable to get a flight back to Atlanta sooner. The officers entered the home looking for cocaine based on tips from an informant, according to the search warrant released Monday by the Fulton County State Court. After the shooting officers found marijuana inside the northwest Atlanta home, but "not a large quantity," Pennington said. The informant told officers that the home had surveillance cameras that the suspected drug dealer, called "Sam," monitored carefully. Police have said "Sam" had sold drugs from inside Johnston's home to an informant, prompting the officers to seek a "no-knock" warrant. Such warrants are frequently used by police to get inside a home before suspects have a chance to get rid of drugs. Pennington was scheduled to hold a news conference later Monday to disclose details from the shooting, said police spokesman Officer Joe Cobb. The incident remains under internal review by the police department, which prevents the chief from talking about many aspects of the case, he said. "He's going to discuss everything we can release about the officer involved shooting of Ms. Johnston," Cobb said. Sarah Dozier, Johnston's niece, has said her aunt lived alone. Johnston was described by neighbors and family as a woman living in fear in Vine City _ a northwest Atlanta neighborhood in the shadow of the Georgia Dome. There were burglar bars on her one-story brick home and she rarely let friends and neighbors inside. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident at the request of the Fulton County District Attorney's Office. The Rev. Markel Hutchins, a civil rights activist, is scheduled to travel to Washington on Monday to call for a federal investigation into the incident. Pennington said he welcomes any investigation into the shooting. "I appreciated that he came down to reassure us that he will do everything that needs to be done to look into this," Hutchins said after the meeting. The three officers were released from the hospital last week and are on leave with pay. Funeral plans for Johnston have not been made. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office also reported Sunday that records show Johnston was 88, despite her family saying she was 92.www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=83787
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 27, 2006 15:43:11 GMT -5
I kindof figured it was going to be an informant that was involved in this. Paid informants are nothing more than cock suckers to the faggot prosecutors and police officers in the U.S. I hope the name of the informant is released and I hope someone blows a hole in his head. As far as the judge that signed the "death warrant" and to the cops, it would be real nice if they were involved in some sort of accident.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 27, 2006 15:36:19 GMT -5
Police to review 'no-knock' policy after elderly woman killed 11.27.2006 - Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington said Sunday his department will review its policy on "no-knock" warrants and its use of confidential informants after an elderly woman was fatally shot by plainclothes officers. Pennington's comments on the incident were the first since Kathryn Johnston was killed Tuesday night after she shot three narcotics officers, who were serving a warrant at her home when they were met with gunfire from the woman. The chief was out of town last week for the Thanksgiving holiday and said he was unable to get a flight back to Atlanta sooner. The officers entered the home looking for cocaine based on tips from an informant, according to the search warrant released Monday by the Fulton County State Court. After the shooting officers found marijuana inside the northwest Atlanta home, but "not a large quantity," Pennington said. The informant told officers that the home had surveillance cameras that the suspected drug dealer, called "Sam," monitored carefully. Police have said "Sam" had sold drugs from inside Johnston's home to an informant, prompting the officers to seek a "no-knock" warrant. Such warrants are frequently used by police to get inside a home before suspects have a chance to get rid of drugs. Pennington was scheduled to hold a news conference later Monday to disclose details from the shooting, said police spokesman Officer Joe Cobb. The incident remains under internal review by the police department, which prevents the chief from talking about many aspects of the case, he said. "He's going to discuss everything we can release about the officer involved shooting of Ms. Johnston," Cobb said. Sarah Dozier, Johnston's niece, has said her aunt lived alone. Johnston was described by neighbors and family as a woman living in fear in Vine City _ a northwest Atlanta neighborhood in the shadow of the Georgia Dome. There were burglar bars on her one-story brick home and she rarely let friends and neighbors inside. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident at the request of the Fulton County District Attorney's Office. The Rev. Markel Hutchins, a civil rights activist, is scheduled to travel to Washington on Monday to call for a federal investigation into the incident. Pennington said he welcomes any investigation into the shooting. "I appreciated that he came down to reassure us that he will do everything that needs to be done to look into this," Hutchins said after the meeting. The three officers were released from the hospital last week and are on leave with pay. Funeral plans for Johnston have not been made. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office also reported Sunday that records show Johnston was 88, despite her family saying she was 92.www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=83787
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 25, 2006 9:31:22 GMT -5
Federal inquiry sought in police killing of woman, 88 11.25.2006 - ATLANTA - A civil rights activist representing the family of an elderly woman killed in a gunfight with police will ask for a federal investigation into her death. "People in the community are angry, and rightfully so," the Rev. Markel Hutchins said yesterday, adding he will travel to Washington, D.C., on Monday to deliver a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales requesting a Department of Justice and FBI investigation into the death of Kathryn Johnston. "We don't think the Atlanta Police is going to police itself," Hutchins said of his request for a federal inquiry. Johnston, who police said was 92, was killed Tuesday evening by undercover narcotics agents. Authorities say the agents obtained a search warrant for Johnston's home after buying drugs from a man there that afternoon. Police said the agents identified themselves but, when they knocked down the door, Johnston opened fire and injured three of the officers. "Ms. Johnston represented every African-American or American grandmother," Hutchins said. Police officers "should have known who lived in the house. Why did they hold a warrant?" Hutchins said he has spoken with U.S. Reps. John Lewis and Cynthia McKinney about the incident. "As this horrific incident has all the signs of an egregious violation of Ms. Johnston's civil and human rights at worst and police officers using poor judgment and unnecessary force at best, I appealed for both of their support and assistance in our efforts to get an immediate audience with the United States Department of Justice," Hutchins said in a statement. Neighbors and relatives have called the incident a case of mistaken identity. Hutchins said criminals in the community often impersonate police officers. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said his office has launched its own independent investigation into the fatal shooting, but said a preliminary review of the case shows the officers "had a legal right" to search the home. www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/16094543.htm
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 25, 2006 9:31:22 GMT -5
Federal inquiry sought in police killing of woman, 88 11.25.2006 - ATLANTA - A civil rights activist representing the family of an elderly woman killed in a gunfight with police will ask for a federal investigation into her death. "People in the community are angry, and rightfully so," the Rev. Markel Hutchins said yesterday, adding he will travel to Washington, D.C., on Monday to deliver a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales requesting a Department of Justice and FBI investigation into the death of Kathryn Johnston. "We don't think the Atlanta Police is going to police itself," Hutchins said of his request for a federal inquiry. Johnston, who police said was 92, was killed Tuesday evening by undercover narcotics agents. Authorities say the agents obtained a search warrant for Johnston's home after buying drugs from a man there that afternoon. Police said the agents identified themselves but, when they knocked down the door, Johnston opened fire and injured three of the officers. "Ms. Johnston represented every African-American or American grandmother," Hutchins said. Police officers "should have known who lived in the house. Why did they hold a warrant?" Hutchins said he has spoken with U.S. Reps. John Lewis and Cynthia McKinney about the incident. "As this horrific incident has all the signs of an egregious violation of Ms. Johnston's civil and human rights at worst and police officers using poor judgment and unnecessary force at best, I appealed for both of their support and assistance in our efforts to get an immediate audience with the United States Department of Justice," Hutchins said in a statement. Neighbors and relatives have called the incident a case of mistaken identity. Hutchins said criminals in the community often impersonate police officers. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said his office has launched its own independent investigation into the fatal shooting, but said a preliminary review of the case shows the officers "had a legal right" to search the home. www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/16094543.htm
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 22, 2006 9:40:38 GMT -5
11.22.2006 - ATLANTA -- A 88-year-old woman was shot to death Tuesday after she fired at three narcotics officers trying to serve a warrant at her house, officials said. Neighbors and relatives said it must have been a case of mistaken identity. Police said they had the right address. Police said the woman, identified as Kathryn Johnson, was the only person home at the time, and had lived there for about 17 years. As the plainclothes Atlanta police officers approached the house about 7 p.m., a woman inside started shooting, striking each of them, said Officer Joe Cobb, a police spokesman. Assistant Chief Alan Dreher said the officers had a legal warrant and "knocked and announced" before they forced open the door. He said they were justified in returning fire when they were fired upon. One was hit in the arm, another in a thigh and the third in a shoulder. The officers were taken to a hospital for treatment, and all three were conscious and alert, police said. Sarah Dozier, identified as a niece of the woman, told WAGA-TV that there were never any drugs at the house. "My aunt was in good health. I'm sure she panicked when they kicked that door down," Dozier said. "There was no reason they had to go in there and shoot her down like a dog." www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112101856_pf.html
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 22, 2006 9:40:38 GMT -5
11.22.2006 - ATLANTA -- A 88-year-old woman was shot to death Tuesday after she fired at three narcotics officers trying to serve a warrant at her house, officials said. Neighbors and relatives said it must have been a case of mistaken identity. Police said they had the right address. Police said the woman, identified as Kathryn Johnson, was the only person home at the time, and had lived there for about 17 years. As the plainclothes Atlanta police officers approached the house about 7 p.m., a woman inside started shooting, striking each of them, said Officer Joe Cobb, a police spokesman. Assistant Chief Alan Dreher said the officers had a legal warrant and "knocked and announced" before they forced open the door. He said they were justified in returning fire when they were fired upon. One was hit in the arm, another in a thigh and the third in a shoulder. The officers were taken to a hospital for treatment, and all three were conscious and alert, police said. Sarah Dozier, identified as a niece of the woman, told WAGA-TV that there were never any drugs at the house. "My aunt was in good health. I'm sure she panicked when they kicked that door down," Dozier said. "There was no reason they had to go in there and shoot her down like a dog." www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112101856_pf.html
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