Neal Street Shooting Policemen Sentenced. Good.

Backstory 1
Backstory 2

A few Atlanta police men decided it was a good day to have a "no-knock" drug raid.

They thought it would be cute to do it without a warrant.

They decided to do it in plainclothes.

They kicked in the front door of the home where a 92 year-old grandmother lived (vs. a coke dealer, like they said).

She fired on some guys coming through her door wearing street clothes.

They fired back.

She died.

They lied about it to try to cover it up

Apparently the informant involved was pressured into saying he had some flimsy evidence after the fact, and

they dropped a kilo in the house to make Kathryn Johnston look bad after she was dead. Stay classy, right? Well, there were a few more lies involved, and the sentences are WAY too short, but now...

There are 3 EX-cops who are going to be spending 5 to 10 years each behind bars, and let's take wagers on how long it takes them to get the ass-kicking they deserve.


Of course, if she had killed one of the only ones coming through her door in plain clothes, without knocking, she would have been up on a murder charge. But for them? Why, we'll let them plead to manslaughter.

If you drive drunk and kill somebody, it's MURDER
If you don't knock the door and come through in plainclothes and shoot someone dead, it's MURDER

Not MANSLAUGHTER.

Awkward.