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To: SeeRushToldU_So

Could you post more of the details? That site is restricted and I don't want to register.


62 posted on 05/28/2005 7:21:16 AM PDT by Carolinamom (US Senate: UN on the Potomac)
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A 57-hour standoff between police and a murder suspect on a crane high above the Buckhead business district ended peacefully early Saturday with one shot of a Taser gun.

Atlanta police apprehended Carl Edward Roland, 41, about 12:30 a.m. Assistant Police Chief Alan Dreher said an officer was able to reach Roland with the Taser, which delivers an electric shock, when the apparently thirsty man stepped toward the officer to get a cup of water.

The officer casually reached into his left breast pocket, withdrew the stun gun, pointed it at Roland and shot.

As Roland fell over onto the crane floor, the black baseball cap he had worn since the standoff began Wednesday drifted to the ground.

Authorities all along had emphasized their strategy was to wait Roland out and prevent him from jumping.

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66 posted on 05/28/2005 7:25:15 AM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So (Flashback.)
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