Georgia Police Shoot Unarmed Teen As He Answers Their Knock At Door

[DocWalker]

Any update to the shooting?

From the local PD's stand point there wasn't a shooting.....

 

[Kopis]

From the local PD's stand point there wasn't a shooting.....

WII self defense.

 

[OC for ME]

Attorneys for slain teen question officer's role in his death - 10:47 PM, Mar 5, 2014

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Few were paying closer attention to Monday's report on 11Alive News about Cpl. Beth Gatny of the Euharlee Police Department than Cole Law.

http://archive.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=323354

Update, sort of.

 

[PistolPackingMomma]

Thanks for posting.

Article made me shake my head til it hurt.

 

[OC for ME]

Thanks for posting.

Article made me shake my head til it hurt.

You are most welcome.

Law and Evans also wonder why the GBI crime scene techs didn't feel it was necessary to collect the Wii remote.


"You can see dried blood on it. I asked two GBI agents canvassing the trailer park about it, but they said it had no evidential value," said Law.

:shocker:

Our GA members may correct, but I think the GBI is held in a low regard, in GA, where their credibility is concerned. It seems that they are "impartiality challenged."

 

[PistolPackingMomma]

That part made me shake the hardest. Like, wtf, REALLY?...

Tv crime procedural shows display a better work ethic. Guess that's the fiction part.

 

[sudden valley gunner]

No rotten apple.

 

[Running Wolf]

From the story it sounds like the woman was another police officer that should have been removed from the force long ago.

 

[Rusty Young Man]

From the story it sounds like the woman was another police officer that should have been removed from the force long ago.

Seems like it.
From OC for ME's linked article (http://archive.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=323354):

"Gatny worked there for 10 years prior to that and personnel records indicate that she was written up and suspended a number of times for various infractions.

In 2008, while confronting three suspects, she fired her service weapon. An internal investigation found the suspect was trying to remove his backpack. She was convinced he was going for a gun, but a fellow officer said he never thought the suspect was armed.
Internal Affairs concluded she should not be punished because the initial call for service said the suspects could have been armed."

I'd definitely like to wee what the "various infractions" were for.
And not including the Wii remote?! Without it present, wouldn't the investigation then have to report "the suspect was unarmed and empty-handed when shot"?

 

[OC for ME]

...two GBI agents canvassing the trailer park...

Uh, the kid was shot inside the trailer. Whatcha doing canvassing the trailer park? :banghead:

 

[DocWalker]

Uh, the kid was shot inside the trailer. Whatcha doing canvassing the trailer park? :banghead:

Looking for a better excuse for shooting a teenager holding a wii controler in his own home.....

 

[sudden valley gunner]

And this little ...........went wii wii wii all the way home.

 

[Primus]

And this little ...........went wii wii wii all the way home.

Lol nice. I seen what you did there.

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[Grapeshot]

Originally Posted by sudden valley gunner

And this little ...........went wii wii wii all the way home.

Lol nice. I seen what you did there.

Me too......but he did it so nicely.

 

[papa bear]

it has crossed my mind that she was trying to get a disability by shooting this kid. that would be premeditation.

she was going to shoot whom ever answered the door (or any other place she could have). now she will cry that she had mental problems that made her do it.

but i am really appalled at the way the government is handleing the investigation. seems they want to screw it up on purpose

 

[OC for ME]

No update.

 

[ixtow]

Dude. I have zero love for cops, but your speculation that she is upset about being investigated rather than remorse for killing an innocent teen is below the belt.

Why presume a farce when the status quo will do?

 

[OC for ME]

No update.

 

[PistolPackingMomma]

Guess it's been swept under the rug, in the hopes everyone will move on to the latest phone release and celebrity gossip. Y'know, "important" stuff. :headbang:

 

[OC for ME]

Grand jury: Deadly force not authorized in police shooting

A Bartow County grand jury has ruled that a Euharlee police officer was not authorized to use deadly force in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old.

http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/04/22/euharlee-police-shooting/8019057/

Further information is required. The details are very few in the report. The prototypical response by the Euharlee PD to the grand jury findings.