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Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT]
#9859119 - 02/24/09 08:52 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Remember those fuck heads who shot a grandmother in her home then planted drugs on her? Well they're gonna end up somebody's bitch
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/24/atlanta.police/index.html
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Three former Atlanta police officers were sentenced Tuesday to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years for covering up a botched drug raid in which a 92-year-old woman was killed.
Jason Smith was sentenced to 10 years in the November 2006 raid that left Kathryn Johnston dead in a hail of bullets. Former officers Greg Junnier and Arthur Tesler were sentenced to six and five years, respectively, said Patrick Crosby, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Investigators determined the raid at Johnston's home was based on falsified paperwork stating that illegal drugs were present. The incident prompted a major overhaul of the Atlanta Police Department's drug unit.
"Officers who think, as these defendants once did, that the ends justify the means or that 'taking shortcuts' and telling lies will not be discovered and punished should realize that they are risking their careers and their liberty." U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said in a written statement.
"Officers who try to obstruct justice when their misconduct faces exposure, rather than cooperating in the investigation, should realize that they will face even more severe punishment."
All three men pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to violate civil rights resulting in death. Smith and Junnier also pleaded guilty to state charges of voluntary manslaughter and making false statements, and Smith admitted to planting bags of marijuana in Johnston's home after her death.
U.S. District Judge Julie Carnes ordered all three men to serve three years of supervised release after their prison terms, and to split Johnston's funeral costs, which totaled $8,180, authorities said.
On Monday, Junnier broke down on the witness stand during a sentencing hearing, WXIA reported, saying, "I used to think I was a good person."
Smith said, "I pray daily for Ms. Johnston. I also pray other officers in Atlanta will have the moral fortitude I didn't have," according to WXIA.
Tesler was convicted on one state count of making false statements after filling out an affidavit saying that an informant had purchased crack cocaine at Johnston's home in a crime-plagued neighborhood near downtown Atlanta.
The informant, however, denied ever having been to Johnston's home, leading to probes by local and federal authorities as well as the breakup and reorganization of the Atlanta police narcotics unit.
The raid occurred as police were executing a so-called "no-knock" search warrant based on the faulty information. Police said Johnston fired at them with an old pistol during the raid, and they returned fire in self-defense. Johnston's one shot went through her front door and over the officers' heads; they responded with 39 shots, hitting the elderly woman five times.
Tesler's state conviction was reversed on appeal, but he pleaded guilty to the federal charge. Junnier and Smith face sentencing March 5 on state charges including voluntary manslaughter, but according to their plea agreement, their sentence will be served at the same time as the federal sentence, authorities said.
Shortly after the federal probe began, however, Junnier began cooperating with authorities, providing "valuable assistance in the investigation and prosecution of Smith and Tesler," according to the statement issued by Nahmias' office. Smith also cooperated "to a more limited extent," the statement said, adding that both Junnier and Smith's sentences were reduced because of their cooperation.
Prosecutors have said that the officers regularly presented false information to obtain warrants and that they cut corners to make more time for lucrative side jobs providing additional security to businesses, often while on duty, and receiving cash payments.
"As Atlanta police narcotics officers, these three defendants repeatedly failed to follow proper procedures and then lied under oath to obtain search warrants," Nahmias said. "Their routine violations of the Fourth Amendment led to the death of an innocent citizen."
The investigation into the raid at Johnston's home also led to guilty pleas from the police sergeant in charge of the narcotics unit and another officer who admitted to extortion, prosecutors said.
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Gastronomicus]
#9859210 - 02/24/09 09:05 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sad that this happened, but at least they will get what they deserve. I doubt that inmates will treat grandmother, murdering cops with much respect
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Big L]
#9859475 - 02/24/09 09:43 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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thank god, i had no faith that these pigs would ever charged.
5-6yrs isn't quite as much as they deserve though.
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: uber_aj]
#9859517 - 02/24/09 09:50 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah but it's more then most cops get. Maybe they'll get stabbed
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Gastronomicus]
#9860218 - 02/25/09 12:03 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Gastronomicus said: Yeah but it's more then most cops get. Maybe they'll get stabbed
I hope so!
The best part about this is that the victim was 92. She could have dropped dead any second, but her death took these fuckers down with her! After (if ) they get out jail, who would hire these fuckers?
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: LSDan]
#9860453 - 02/25/09 01:13 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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oh shit. they better put those pigs in solitary unless they want people to be able to put a bowling ball up their assholes by the time they get out...did that make sense?
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: SunshineDaydream]
#9860501 - 02/25/09 01:27 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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"Officers who try to obstruct justice when their misconduct faces exposure, rather than cooperating in the investigation, should realize that they will face even more severe punishment."
Unfortunately cops can pretty much rape and molest kids and get away with a few years that a normal citizen would get 50 years + for doing the same crime.
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Gastronomicus]
#9860866 - 02/25/09 04:04 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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one of them started crying shame typical cowards had all that lethal power in the first place
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Big L]
#9860872 - 02/25/09 04:14 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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> Sad that this happened, but at least they will get what they deserve.
Hardly. They murdered a woman and they get a handful of years in prison?
"... sentenced to 10 years ... 6 years and 5 years ... for covering up a botched drug raid in which a 92-year-old woman was killed."
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Seuss]
#9860922 - 02/25/09 04:48 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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its a slap on the wrist considering what they did and if theyre segregated from the other men in prison they will probably still be backed by their work colleagues until theyre released
if they dont die in prison they still have futures...
i wonder if the cops will bring in the union for them
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: filthee]
#9861054 - 02/25/09 06:25 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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One would think cops would get the book thrown at them, but they don't! Anyone remember that case about the officer who was stealing drugs out of the evidence locker and reselling them on the street, but the judge didn't charge him because "he was a good cop"? (it's on the shroomery somewhere)
I would support a bill that gives officers a 1.5 times maximum mandatory sentencing if they commit a crime on duty, and a 2.0 times for corruption.
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Green_T]
#9861179 - 02/25/09 07:21 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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> I would support a bill that gives officers a 1.5 times maximum mandatory sentencing
You are nicer than I am. I've always advocated x3 sentence for public officials in a position of trust that violate their authority.
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Seuss]
#9861349 - 02/25/09 08:29 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Seuss said: > I would support a bill that gives officers a 1.5 times maximum mandatory sentencing
totally agreed. cops are supposed to set an example aren't they? so if they fuck up, they deserve harsher penalties me thinks.
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Re: Cops Involved in Drug Raid Get Jail Time [AT] [Re: Seuss]
#9861552 - 02/25/09 09:34 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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I doubt that all three make it out alive. Thats what i mean when i said get what they deserve I could only imagine what most inmates would do to a cop if they were cell mates but you are right 5, 6, 10 years in prison is a lot less than any of us would have gotten
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