They should pay for killing her. But they will lie like they always do. After all, Her life meant nothing to them. Sorry sack of sh**t.
ATLANTA --- A relative of a 92-year-old woman killed in a police raid in Atlanta asked a federal judge on Friday to sanction the city for withholding documents in a wrongful death lawsuit.
"Such evasion and misconduct makes a mockery of the truth-finding process that is at the heart of the judicial system and must be severely punished," said Kathryn Johnston's niece, Sarah Dozier, in a motion.
Acting city attorney Roger Bhadari told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the city is reviewing the motion and "will respond accordingly." He said the city has no further comment.
Ms. Dozier filed suit against the city and the police department in 2007 after Ms. Johnston was killed in 2006 by officers who banged down her door after obtaining an illegal, no-knock search warrant. After Ms. Johnston, who thought criminals were at the door, fired a shot, the narcotics officers shot back, killing her.
Three former city police officers were sentenced to prison in February for their roles in the incident.
Ms. Dozier's lawsuit says an Atlanta Police Department quota system led to Ms. Johnston's death. The suit claims narcotics officers lied on a search warrant to meet their arrest and warrant quotas.
The family's lawyers have asked police to turn over any documents about the quota system.
The department has said none exist.
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They should pay for killing her. But they will lie like they always do. After all, Her life meant nothing to them. Sorry sack of sh**t.
justus the cops were black..white and hispanic......some slimeball lawyer is behind this. Bet her niece didn't give a rats pootootie about her when she was alive......Where is the great one?...On the David Letterman show..oh and justus I will fund your ticket to Iran...seeing you beheaded on Youtube should be a real "lesson learned" for you!
I am sorry that this lady died and I do believe that they were at the wrong door, but given the facts as they knew them, IMHO they were justified in returning fire. Those guilty of falsifying facts to obtain the warrant were punished and rightfully so.
I'll bet the girl never saw her Auntie for the last 5 years!
CBBP, i dont give a rats arse if she visited her aunt. The city should not get away with murder. They should pay something for her life. She was worth something.
I have always said I do not believe in the no knock law. Addresses on some streets are not in order and what would you do if someone was knocking down your door. Sit there and wait for them to come in. I think not. All the officers involved in this killing should go to jail for along time.. They would have killed her anyway if when the door came down she had a gun pointed at them. Justus, you are always critizing the white leadership but who runs Atlanta? The Great One, Obama, has not said a word about this killing but went on national TV about how he thought the teacher was wronged by his arrest even though it was justified because of the teachers actions. I guess it was because he was a friend.
I do not think the niece deserves any money. Just the punishment of the officers that killed this woman is enough.
No one is saying that they don't deserve compensation, or that it was terrible. A Federal judge is being asked to sanction the City of Atlanta because of "rumored" documents. That's not the way the law works. Now. Do the documents exist, about quotas? Are there quotas? Or is this just a rumor? Are you ok with Federal judges making rulings on rumors? Is the City of Atl lying? That's what this story is really about.
The lady was killed by police officer's abuse of authority and negligence. The city is liable to the victim's next of kin and the character of the next of kin is irreverent. The city has an interest in withhold evidence and the Federal Judge should order the city to produce any relevant documents the plaintiff demands or prove in court the alleged documents don't exist.
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