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[S]hot dead by female police officer 'who mistook Nintendo Wii controller ... for a gun'
The Daily Mail Online ^ | February 19, 2014 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 02/20/2014 6:48:58 AM PST by Uncle Chip

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To: Karl Spooner
RE: Cpl. Beth Gatny #309

Only one female officer picture missing.

Hmmn.

81 posted on 02/20/2014 8:32:48 AM PST by JOAT
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To: dennisw

Post #79 has pictures of the officers of the department — though there is one missing.


82 posted on 02/20/2014 8:34:48 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip
If true ... and the parolee is a relatively harmless type ... child support or something stupid/non-violent ... why not ?

It's good training for 'field' work

83 posted on 02/20/2014 8:35:07 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Hidden because they will say someone will seek vengeance. But if you or I shoot someone for no good reason we will have our photos and life plastered all over


84 posted on 02/20/2014 8:39:27 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Uncle Chip

LEO asskissers here

Good lord


85 posted on 02/20/2014 8:40:22 AM PST by wardaddy (Bus to Shreveport... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYF682WYRtw&feature=youtube_gdata_)
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To: knarf

There were two officers —

GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that two Euharlee police officers were serving two probation violation warrants Friday night when a 17-year-old boy opened the door with a gun pointed at them.


86 posted on 02/20/2014 8:43:10 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: dennisw

There were two officers there.

So someone else on that wall of pictures was there when he was shot and participated in the cover-up.


87 posted on 02/20/2014 8:48:59 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: wardaddy

Where have you been? This forum is loaded with those who worship authority and prefer to be ruled [controlled] rather than led [governed], they are also known as jackboot lickers, badge lickers,and cop worshipers.


88 posted on 02/20/2014 8:49:46 AM PST by sport
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To: sport

Don’t know, having no insight into the officer’s hyperactive imagination.


89 posted on 02/20/2014 8:50:44 AM PST by skeeter
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To: sport; sagar

Ditto on the trailer park rant! I have known a lot of people that live in them (relatives included) and some are quite nice; better than a lot of “normal” neighborhoods. In some places in the country, trailers just make sense.


90 posted on 02/20/2014 8:52:01 AM PST by LaRueLaDue
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To: ZX12R

I’ll do it since nobody else will:

Females shouldn’t be cops or soldiers.

They can be spies, analysts, etc. They can’t be cops. It’s a dumb idea and it jeopardizes the lives of innocent civilians. They go to the gun first.

For her to shoot like that she had to:

1. Have already had the gun drawn.
2. Been so scared that she fired at the site of anything black (I have a Wii, and I guarantee the controller he was holding was black, and it doesn’t look anything like a gun).
3. Had no faith in her partner at all in serving a warrant. (Why was she the one knocking if she was so scared she was going to get drawn on?)


91 posted on 02/20/2014 8:52:56 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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The police officer involved in the shooting allegedly claimed the boy pointed a BB gun directly at her. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is handling the inquiry has not commented on the conflicting reports or even if a BB gun was taken into evidence.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/02/19/report-young-man-shot-by-police-allegeldy-with-wii-controller-in-hand.aspx

92 posted on 02/20/2014 9:00:49 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: RinaseaofDs

The kid she shot-killed was white


93 posted on 02/20/2014 9:02:05 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
when a threat is perceived.

Then no citizen is safe, anywhere. Even in his own bed.

94 posted on 02/20/2014 9:02:35 AM PST by DManA
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To: dennisw

Okaaaay. The Wii controller in his hand was likely BLACK. I never mentioned race of anybody involved, and I think race is immaterial here.


95 posted on 02/20/2014 9:06:57 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Altariel; Progov

“’We don’t know where that statement came from. The eyewitnesses on the scene clearly state that he had a Wii controller in his hand. He heard a knock at the door. He asked who it was, there was no response so he opened the door and upon opening the door he was immediately shot in the chest,’ Law said.”

Premeditated murder.

“The officer who fired the fatal shot has been placed on administrative leave as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident.”

Someone who felt horrific guilt due to an accident which resulted in another human’s death would resign or accept criminal liability. She takes a vacation.

Please keep your replies public.


96 posted on 02/20/2014 9:08:26 AM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: JOAT
Looking at the Wayback machine capture of the web page as of August 2013, Ofc. Beth Gatny #309 is missing from that as well.

But the Internet is hard to completely scrub. radaris.com has

Beth Myspace My name is Nancy Beth Gatny, Beth Gatny to those who know and love me, Officer Gatny to those who don't and I used to be Beth Daniel of Lebanon, Mo. ...
(the myspace link is dead) The page has her being in Cartersville, GA
97 posted on 02/20/2014 9:12:52 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: PapaBear3625
There's also an entry about Beth Gantry having graduated Lebanon High School Class of 1993, which would make her about 40.
98 posted on 02/20/2014 9:15:09 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: RinaseaofDs
I’ll do it since nobody else will: Females shouldn’t be cops or soldiers.

I'll agree with that. Its common sense.

But we live in a society where common sense is considered evil.

99 posted on 02/20/2014 9:24:04 AM PST by skeeter
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To: DManA

“Then no citizen is safe, anywhere. Even in his own bed.”

That’s correct, especially one holding something in their hands. This isnt the first time something like this has happened.


100 posted on 02/20/2014 9:27:55 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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