Tearful Atlanta Cops Express Remorse for Shooting 92-Year-Old Kathryn Johnst...

Tearful Atlanta Cops Express Remorse for Shooting 92-Year-Old Kathryn Johnston, Leaving Her To Bleed to Death in Her Own Home While They Planted Drugs in Her Basement, Then Threatening an Informant So He Would Lie To Cover It All Up

via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on 2/24/09

I liked Radley Balko's headline for this story (about three Atlanta police officers who are going to prison) so much that I copied it above.

From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

The trio of officers was involved in a Nov. 21, 2006, drug raid at the Neal Street home of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

She was killed by officers after they used a no-knock warrant — obtained with falsified evidence — to storm into her house in search of drugs an informant had inaccurately told them were inside. Apparently thinking the officers were robbers, Johnston fired a shot through the door. Officers responded with 39 shots, five or six of which struck her.

The officers initially sought to cover up their actions in obtaining the warrant, but their story eventually unraveled. All three pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate Johnston's civil rights.

Do you think they rooted all the bad apples off the force?