First you binged, now you purge. Let the Agitator give you an emetic with his short history of no-knock warrants gone bad.
It's an acknowledged fact that police often have to make split-second decisions; what's not being acknowledged is that when their doors are being broken down, homeowners do too.
Meanwhile in the Johnston case, police are still not releasing the statement they provided to the judge to get the no-knock, even though it is a public record.
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Hey, you never can be too careful. And if a drug-dealing 92 year old grandma gets killed, well that's one more bad guy off the streets.
I also recommend grenade launchers for shooting tear gas through the back windshield of vehicles stopped for traffic violations. And just shoot jaywalkers, can't take the risk.
Posted by: dorkafork at November 25, 2006 02:57 PMThe story mentions home invaders who pretend to be police. Here in the 80's we had actual uniformed police who were home invaders in their off-duty hours.
This is all a bit hard to take considering the standard instructions for women driving alone at night is to not stop for police in an isolated area, but to continue driving to an open store or gas station of some sort. *Of course* if someone bursts into your house you'll be afraid. I don't know why they're setting up these situations where the outcome can be so dire.
Posted by: Donnah at November 25, 2006 03:13 PMThe fatal shooting of Kathryn Johnston a ninety-two year women who lived alone, by Atlanta undercover officers last week is just another tragic example of the misuse of the “No-Knock Warrant”.
A warrant obtained on the bases of alleged information provided by an informant that drugs had been purchased at the residence was used to obtain the warrant.
The idea that a No-Knock Warrant could be obtained on information provided by an informant of a single sale of marijuana at the residence is outrageous. I have always felt that the No-Knock Warrant was intended for extreme cases, where a known criminal enterprise was clearly present and a high probability that police might be meeting with resistance was very likely.
This unfortunate death, in my opinion, could have been avoided; and only goes document another case of the Atlanta Police as the trigger-happy thugs that they really are.
Robert Jackson
Rome, GA