Thursday August 16, 2007, 10:11 am
Late last month, the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on the death of the Kathryn Johnston, the 92-year-old Atlanta woman killed by police during a November 2006 drug raid on her home.
Johnston died when she mistook a team of narcotics officers for criminal intruders. When the police broke down her door, she met them with an old pistol. They opened fire, and killed her.
A subsequent investigation revealed that the entire chain of events up to and shortly after Johnston's death were beset with lies, planted evidence, and cover-up on the part of the narcotics cops. They fabricated an imaginary informant to get the search warrant for Ms. Johnston's home. They planted evidence on a convicted felon, arrested him, then let him off in exchange for his tip—which he made up from whole cloth—that they'd find drugs in Ms. Johnston's house.
When they realized their mistake, they then tried to portray an innocent old woman as a drug dealer. They planted marijuana in Ms. Johnston's basement while she lay handcuffed and bleeding on the floor.

Thursday August 16, 2007, 10:33 am
this happens so many times...and it often covered up by giving the explanation she was a drug user and drug dealer ..this is so sad.

Thursday August 16, 2007, 10:38 am
http://www.injusticeline.com/victims.html

Scott and his wife, Frances Plante, were awakened by a pounding at the door. As Plante attempted to open the door, a narcotics task force from the LA County Sheriff's Dept. burst into the home, weapons in hand. Plante was pushed forcefully from the door at gun point. She cried out, "Don't shoot me, don't kill me!" With a gun aimed at her head, she looked to her right and saw Donald charging into the room, waving a revolver above his head. She heard a deputy shout, "Put the gun down! Put the gun down! Put the gun down!" As Scott was doing so, she heard three gun shots ring out, apparently from two sources.

Her husband was killed instantly.

Thursday August 16, 2007, 10:39 am
Age 84 and bedridden when she was killed by police in a 1992 drug raid in East Texas. No drugs were found in the home. A 28 year-old officer said his automatic pistol accidentally discharged when he kicked open Mrs. Dixon's bedroom door.


Earlier that night, an informant was given $30 to go into the Dixon home where he claimed he could buy drugs. He emerged with crack cocaine, but police did not search him either before and after the purchase. The informant reported that a few young women and children lived there, but he didn't know about the sick woman. Police got a search warrant and returned to the house just after 2 am. They sprinted up the ramshackle porch and smashed the front door with a battering ram. As they swept in, the officer kicked in the door to Ms. Dixon's bedroom and fell, slamming his elbow against the door and firing the gun. The officer said he collapsed and "started throwing my guts up crying because I knew I had shot somebody that didn't have no reason to be shot."

Thursday August 16, 2007, 1:51 pm
unfortunatley this is somewhat common,althou not for someone her age. I have seen people here jailed for defending themselves from robbers who break in and they are put in jail and the robbers set free. I think Lady Justice should take her blindfold off, as well as the human race regarding many issues

Thursday August 16, 2007, 2:31 pm
so cruel..

Friday August 17, 2007, 2:32 pm
Shameful! Noted

Saturday August 18, 2007, 2:57 am
the symptomatic problem of the "good" guys using "bad" tactics is obvious from the local authorities right up through to the top of domestic and foreign policy in many countries. when the "good" guys deal with the "bad" guys then no good will come of it.the good guy need all the help we can give and society (that's us folks) needs to be better educated to prevent people falling by the wayside. now as for what sort of education is needed, well that will be debatable. but the sooner we start the sooner we finish.

Saturday August 25, 2007, 9:17 pm
I am disguisted. Tell these "people" anti-drug, ( or even for that matter who are for money and coersion), say no to drugs when they are sitting in the hospital or need medicine. Then, I wonder is they "say no to drugs" when they really need them.