When serving a drug warrant, you go in with jsut as you do any other time, on guard. It is unfortunate that this woman was killed, but she did hit 3
officers. We do not have privy to the ballistics or police reports so we do not have the whole story. I cannot beleive no one has blamed Bush yet.
WHere's Kanye when you need him?
I will venture to guess however
a) she has a relative dealing out of the house
b) she may not have known about it and is now dead
c) there are some guilty grandchildren somewhere
Narc busts happen with the front door kicking open most times, sometimes gas, but even if they announced themselves, she probably thought she was
bieng robbed. It would not be the frist time people posed as officers in a home invasion.
I am sure all the officers did was return fire, (I would during a felony warrant), probably not knowing where the shooter was if she hit 3 of them.
This is right place, wrong time, which happens when executing a warrant. That said however....
www.allheadlinenews.com...
Describing the incident, Officer Joe Cobb, a police spokesman said a woman inside started shooting the moment they approached the house about 7 pm.
The officers just returned fire.
WAGA-TV said that Sarah Dozier, a niece of the woman denied any presence of 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."
This article say she started shooing 'before' the officers reached the house. Sorry, but gun toting granny chose the wrong day to 'keep it real'.
and this article
www.news4jax.com...
Atlanta Police Asst. Chief Alan Dreher said at a news conference Wednesday that an undercover officer made a drug purchase at Johnston's address late
Tuesday afternoon from a male suspect. Officers were able to obtain a search warrant after that.
Dreher said as the officers were executing the search warrant, the officers announced themselves and then forced open the door. Officials said the
warrant was a "No Knock" warrant -- meaning that the officers did not knock before forcing open the door, but they did announce themselves
Officials said they have not made any arrests in the case and they have not located the male suspect. Dreher said suspected narcotics were recovered
from the home but police are awaiting lab results to confirm that.
Dreher said a marked patrol vehicle was parked in front of the residence and the word "Police" was written across the front and back of the
narcotics team's vests. He also said only a matter of minutes passed between when officers arrived at the scene and when they forced open the
door.
So it seems that there was a drug buy from the residence, durgs were found in the residence, and that the officers were wearing vests with POLICE on
them. AMazing how the truth can be twisted, isn't it folks.
[edit on 22-11-2006 by esdad71]