Comments on: Cops Defend Shooting 92-Year-Old Woman

Elderly Atlanta Woman Dies After Shootout With Cops, Who Say She Shot At Them First

[turneriver]

Alternative headline...92yo drug dealer guns down 3 cops...Not that I support the drug war, it's a collossally misplaced effort with terrible consequences for our society...as witness here...

[richdog_57]

All I have to say, is that it was self-defense on the police officers' side. All they did was return fire.

[pima6]

rev. how is this "police brutality"? they knocked, they announced themselves, she shot 3 police officers. what are they to do? "oh, wait guys, we have to let her kill us because she's 92" horsesh1t. whats her niece suing for? its clear she just wants money. and of course theyll make this about race...

[tinker3478]

Well, thurs, let me put it this way. There's a 12 guage shotgun in a coat closet about 3 feet from my front door loaded with double-ought buckshot. Try busting down my front door and see what happens.

[sstuff3]

Age doesn't matter.... the police face threats every day and have to make split second decisions which make the difference between life and death (theirs or someone else). If someone is shooting at them , they don't have time to think or care about what the public opinion is... no time to care about age, race, or any other segregating description. God bless our police and stop subjecting them to scrutiny every time something happens that the general public doesn't like. If you tie the hands of the police, the only ones who will win are the criminals.... what would America look like then??
Not a place I want to live.

[thursday24]

I guess if she went out and murdered a bunch of people that would be ok too because, you know, she is 92. Wake up!

[tinker3478]

If I were an old lady and a bunch of people were trying to knock down my door after dark, I would shoot too. On the other hand, if I were a cop and somebody was shooting at me, I would shoot back. It looks like the PD did a ****-poor job of making an address identification though.

[rafterman1]

I also find it interesting that the family's first reaction is who can they sue. Like the one poster here said, apparently they the jackpot.

I mean, don't get me wrong. Yes, I understand that it's possible the cops were wrong and she thought they were robbers. And yes, I understand that the African American community has a heightened sense of fear from cops since the history of cops vs the African American community isn't to kind to them. So she could have thought she was going to get killed or beaten, even if she knew they were cops. I get all of that.

But, as usual, the first reaction of people is to dump on the cops despite the fact three of them got wounded.

[thursday24]

The police were wrong in returning fire just because she was 92? Give me a break! She was able enough to pull a trigger and wound three officers - they had every right to return fire!! I would have shot the ***** too!!

[mdc76082]

We had an elderly grandma selling herion in San Antonio. Face it, she was served the warrant, probably did the drugs, she shot at police officers hitting them and they shot back killing her. Good for the police officers. Now it will become nothing but a race card. Here we go again. Jeez!

[prcdr]

Police aren't trained to shoot to disable. They are trained to shoot for center mass, which often results in a kill.

Hollywood has given the false impression that it is easy to "shoot to disable or shoot the gun out of someone's hand".

[hawkjoel]

It's easy to say "Shoot to disable" when you are not involved and sitting at your desk reading it in a safe haven. HOWEVER, you strap on that gun and that vest and go into the street and live the life of a police officer, and get fired at. Let's see how you respond, especially after three of your fellow officers are hit.

If she is shooting to kill, after they knocked and identified themselves as serving a warrant, why can't they shoot to kill?

[quirky121]

If she infact wounded three police officers, she should have caught one right between the eyes! you don't answer the door with a gun in your hand especially if the police are on the other side telling you that they have a warrant. If she lived in a neighborhood where it's advisable to answer a door with a gun, she should have moved or her niece, Sarah Dozier, who beleives she's hit the jackpot now, should have moved her. I feel sorry for the officers that ended up with lead in their bodies!

[rafterman1]

There are three cops with bullet wounds. Enough said, they defended themselves, I don't care if she was 150 years old. Would it had been better if one of the cops died? Would that make everyone feel better? And don't be shocked to see a 92 year old in the drug trade. The drug runners will use anybody to further their trade - kids, animals and 92 year olds.

And this "shoot to disable" *** is only in the movies. In real life, if you are going to fire a weapon, you shoot to kill. Otherwise, chances are you will be the one dying.

[olebd]

She may have thought they were intruders and was protecting herself. Who knows.

I hope the cops were not this dumb. Don't they do surveillance on these places for a couple weeks before they do a bust?

They knock before entering for about 3 seconds. Certianly not enough time for a 92 year old to answer the door.

I just can't believe or comprehend a 92 year old being involved in the drug trade.

[babydoll2ky]

Justified????? Why did they shoot to kill. They should have shot just disable like they are supposed. I hope the family does sue for everything she could. A 92 year old woman. How sad are the police anyway!