Woman, 92, Dies In Shootout With Police

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 11/21/06

[steve-b]

ATLANTA -- 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, whose name was not released, 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. 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."

[Rembrandt_fan]

Old age does not confer innocence. Young, wicked, malevolent people sometimes become very old, wicked, malevolent people.

Ma Barker died with a gun in her hand, and she was no sweet little old lady. Albert Fish, the monstrous child killer at the turn of the 20th century, looked like a sweet, kindly grandfatherly figure--which is how he snared his victims.

Without knowing more about the Atlanta case, I'd say the cops did what was necessary and right, given the circumstances.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Another victim of the War on Drugs. Have we won yet?

Please allow me to be the first to give the usual answer when someone objects to an innocent person being gunned down in a WOD raid:
"You sound like a drug-addicted libertaaarian. We have to accept collateral damage to create a drug-free utopia. The government knows best, and it should know everything about its subjects -- especialy about you, you drug-addicted libertaaarian. The police can search my home any time without a search warrant and I wouldn't mind, because I'm not a drug-addicted libertaaarian. If she had nothing to hide, she should have left her doors unlocked."
So there. We are winning the war on drugs. We have the body count to prove it.

[2ndClassCitizen]

It is pretty hard to shoot someone before they break in the door, unless you open the door first.

A high velocity rifle is best for firing against persons who wear body armor.

[beyond the sea]

Truer words were never said. What a country.

[beyond the sea]

They were shot when they approached the house, not when they entered the house.

The police wouldn't have been there AT her house without the INSANE war on drugs.

The war on drugs is a colossal failure and a bad joke and great waste of money!

[beyond the sea]

Without knowing more about the Atlanta case, I'd say the cops did what was necessary and right, given the circumstances.

Here's betting they were at the wrong address..... yes, I know they said they were at the right address. LOL.

[beyond the sea]

LOL............ a missing "ssarcasm" tag???

;-)

[jjm2111]

absolutely horrible.

[Syllojism]

Was she muslim? The MSM isn't giving her name.

[hoosierham]

Weren't they undercover,as in not-wearing-uniforms? So when anyone or a group of men breaks in our doors we should assume they're the good guys?
I say again that the most warants should be served in a profesional,polite maner by uniformed officers.All warants should be served by persons easily identified as officials.Breaking the door down first rightfully invites lethal response.If there was such a small quantity of drugs that a moment is time enough to get rid of them ,then it wasn't enough to be a problem.

Too bad she wasn't a better shot.

[beyond the sea]

Too bad she wasn't a better shot. -----

lol