RTP-area local music and culture

[Lisa Drake <ldrake AT pobox.com>]

I was in ATL this week and read a lot about this.  My problem is the 
fact that a 92 year old woman is automatically assumed to be innocent by 
default,  when no one really knows if that is the case. 

In article <20061122212313.60340.qmail AT web54602.mail.yahoo.com>,
 thebackyardbbq AT yahoo.com (mc^2) wrote:

> ...and I know some of you amchsters love your
> politics...
> 
> Most people are probably gonna obsess on the race card
> with this one, but the fact is, there are real age and
> gender issues involved as well.  If there's one thing
> I've learned the past 6 years, in some towns, if
> you're female, and especially as you get "older," the
> only way you're gonna succeed is if you take the quiet
> role, act the way you're supposed to, and rather than
> defend yourself when challenged, always defer to the
> men.  "Women, know your place."  In Atlanta,
> apparently the police have decided to execute this
> with deadly force.
> 
> 
> Read on, 
> 
> E.
> 
> link w/AP video, etc.:
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ELDERLY_SHOOTOUT?SITE=RIWAR&SECTION=HOM
> E&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
> 
> AP story:
> 
> Nov 22, 2:37 PM EST
> Woman, 92, Slain in Shootout With Police
> 
> ATLANTA (AP) -- The niece of a 92-year-old woman shot
> to death by police said her aunt likely had reason to
> shoot three narcotics investigators as they stormed
> her house.
> 
> Police insisted the officers did everything right
> before entering the home Tuesday evening, despite
> suggestions from the woman's neighbors and relatives
> that it was a case of mistaken identity.
> 
> The woman, Kathryn Johnston, was the only resident in
> the house at the time and had lived there for about 17
> years, Assistant Chief Alan Dreher said. The officers
> had a legal warrant, "knocked and announced" before
> they forced open the door and were justified in
> shooting once fired upon, he said.
> 
> Sarah Dozier, the niece, told WAGA-TV that there were
> never 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."
> 
> 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.
> 
> Rev. Markel Hutchins, a civil rights leader, said
> Johnston's family deserves an apology.
>       
> 
> "Of the police brutality cases we've had, this is the
> most egregious because of the woman's age," Hutchins
> said.
> 
> Hutchins said he would try to meet with Atlanta Police
> Chief Richard Pennington and would also meet with
> lawyers.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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