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Title: Woman, 92, in Shootout With Police
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AP
URL Source: http://www.amatechtel.com/news/wed/az/Aelderly-shootout.R6xF_GNL.asp
Published: Nov 22, 2006
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2006-11-22 01:39:11 by innieway
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Views: 427
Comments: 35
ATLANTA (AP) -- A 92-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."
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#6. To: innieway (#0)
One was hit in the arm, another in a thigh and the third in a shoulder That means there was a high likelihood she hit them in the torso as well but the ballistic vests saved the SS bastards. What innocent person in their right mind would NOT shoot when their door gets kicked in??? ANYONE can yell "police" including robbers. She just needed bigger bullets like a 44 mag. A "wing" would have turned into limb removal. LOL. More taxpayer money and more needless deaths and injuries for the fraudulent "warondrugs."
The shooting comes at a time when there is already concern over use of force by police in the area. Earlier in the day, the district attorney in neighboring DeKalb County, where 12 people have been killed by police so far this year, said her office may present evidence to a grand jury that could bring criminal charges. Rev. Markel Hutchins, a civil rights leader, said Johnston's family deserves an apology. "Of the police brutality cases we've had, this is the most egregious because of the woman's age," Hutchins said. Hutchins said he would try to meet with Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington and would also meet with lawyers." http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=83581 This makes me very angry. I am working as a telephone order taker for Harry and David this year after a long five year absence from this holiday job. One of the absolutely hardest and heart breaking parts of the job is when a lonely old woman or man calls to place an order with a gift list of youngsters too busy for them anymore. Harry and David is an icon of a vanished Americana to them as it is a company started by two brothers who took their boxes of Royal Riviera Pears door to door around the country to sell them in the early 20th Century and it grew into a company offering products of exceptional quality with products of taste smell and sight that reminds them of a time when family was more substantial then a few echoy cell phone calls a year from ghosts of times past. You know these people instantly, they can't hide their lonliness when they call and ask me, "I talked to Janice last year, is she there this year?" I will look up at the room of hundreds of "associates" (I hate that word) siting in front of computers with flickering screens filled with Windows applets from the company Intranet and say, "I'm sorry, I don't see her here today." You know that if she or he knew Harry and David was now a jewel on a Japanese corporation's crown that owns many companies they would find it hard to bear. I spend as much time as they want to talk as I know this is an annual ritual and they are sitting in a quiet home with many old pictures as the memories of sights, smells, taste and touch warm their hearts as they dream of finding a door back into the summers of their years past when America meant something quite different then it does now drifts through their mind's eye. You don't fuck with grandma's annual rituals, you just don't. It's the law when I have her on the phone. I used to get into trouble when the monitors caught me prompting her (many hers and hims) to look in her catalog for that coupon for a box of free truffles they can get if they happen to see it. I was told, "you always make people very satisfied and happy, but......" You see, the corporation wanted them to find it and only those who did to get the truffles when this was a sales gambit. Now I not only will sit wondering how many of those people whom I took orders from at those addresses in that one zip code that got rubbed out in New York a the World Trade Center are dead or who know people who are; I will wonder if I ever talked to Kathryn Johnston and sold her any baskets, towers, or pears. This pisses me off. I wish she had killed each and every one of these bastards before they got to her. It would have served them right. A basket for you grandma Kathryn; (Why they pick us as a candle of rememberance of a past America: "The Strongest Guarantee in the Business You and those who receive your gifts must be delighted, or we'll make it right with either an appropriate replacement or a full refund - whichever you prefer. ...We never leave quality to chance. From the crunch of our apples to the curl of our ribbons - if something doesn't meet our rigorous (some say fanatical) standards, you won't see it in the gifts we offer. We pick, sort, wrap and pack every gift individually, by hand - just like you'd do it yourself. We also grow our own fruit, make our own cakes, cookies and chocolates, design our own gift wraps. This extraordinary attention to detail lets you rest assured that every gift you order is the perfect reflection of your thoughtfulness and good taste....") H&D is a Disney ride into a dead past they remember. harryanddavid. com ...end of rant of a big torment about this seasonal job.
#18. To: Ferret Mike (#12)
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You've got a gift for words. That post got to me. We used to use Harry & David's catalogue [our perogative], along with vouchers to apologize to folks, or to thank them. Unfortunately, due to so many "professional complainers" polluting the pool of truly burned customers, H&D is no longer an option and was phased out a few years ago as a concession perogative :(
I enjoyed reading your rant, tree-hugger. Happy turkey day to you.
I love their clearance section.
God bless you for caring, Mike. Not many people do any more. Too bad Grandma didn't get all these bastards, but she made a valiant effort on behalf of freedom loving Americans everywhere.
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#12. To: IndieTX, christine, Neil McIver, BTP Holdings, lodwick, all (#6)
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"...The street in front of the small, single-story house remained blocked by police early Wednesday.
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...end of rant of a big torment about this seasonal job.
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Harry and David
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