http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:06:56 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-246247 i cant finnd my frieand and i ve been looking for his ]]> 246247@blogcritics.org Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:06:56 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-130257 The courthouse shootings shouldn't shock anyone in Atlanta but it certainly should bring to light the lax security measures that this courthouse maintains. I cant help but go back to Ofc Hall, a 51 year old grandmother, by herself, being responsible for preparing, and escorting, an alleged violent rapist, to the courtroom. I have no idea who her supervisor was but he or she needs to be fired, no questions asked. Period. Had that first altercation not taken place, the story could have very well turned out differently. And the citizens of Atlanta would not have had to go through the amount of memorials that they have this week. This officer's supervisor should also bear the responsibility of the deaths of Judge Barnes, Court Reporter Julie Brandau, Sgt Keith Teasley and Special Agent David Wilhelm. 4 people who didnt have to, died, one was seriously wounded.... because of incompetence. Period. The local news here is now reporting that the two officers who were supposed to be monitoring the cameras for the courtrooms, were on their way across the street to pick up breakfast for their Captain. Having worked in law enforcement most of my life, I can understand the occasional breakfast run. But that is only if time and security permits. What I cannot understand is that with the movement of Brian Nichols, the alleged rapist who two days prior had been discovered to be hiding two shanks in his shoes on his way into the courtroom. And after Judge Barnes had already made known to everyone that this particular inmate would need extra security due to his violent behavior, why in God's name did they choose breakfast over what could go wrong, and what ultimately did go wrong. And reports have stated that Judge Barnes did activate the silent emergency button when Nichols broke into the courtroom. But no one responded. It was only a couple days after the shootings that Dekalb Co Sheriff's Dept responded to a shots fired call in a parking lot. They arrive on the scene and toss a suspect in their patrol car. They began trying to sort out what was going on when someone began firing on them. They realized the gunfire was coming from the suspect they had placed in the backseat of the patrol car. This embarrasses me to be not only a citizen of Georgia but a member of law enforcement. In less than three days you have a shooting spree committed and the suspect somehow managed to make it down 8 floors and out into the streets of Atlanta, where he then gunned down two more people. And another office decides that he doesn't have time to search a suspect at a SHOTS FIRED call, and ends up having to stand there gawking at his patrol car while it's being wrapped with crime scene tape. God have mercy on this city. ]]> 130257@blogcritics.org Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:38:38 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-128274 Stay tuned...it's inevitable that the defense and supporters of 'the-innocent-by-reason-of-insanity-Mr. Nichols' will cite a failed judicial system that caused Mr. Nichols to "snap" during his retrial, a flawed court security system, and a slow emergency response team who were unable to save the murdered victims. The blame game has already begun initiated by the official at the press conference who stated two times that he had "only been on the job for two months" in response to the lack of courtroom security. ]]> 128274@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:43:33 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-128024 Jeez... ]]> 128024@blogcritics.org Sun, 13 Mar 2005 03:05:56 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-128022 WHAT A BUMMER. A DAMN SHAME. ALL THE BIG BOYS WERE OUT GETTING "DRUNK DRIVERS". I KNOW, I WAS THERE. PRIORITIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]]> 128022@blogcritics.org Sun, 13 Mar 2005 03:03:08 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-127834 Sorry about that - I'd forgotten, and I was in a hurry. The comments? Don't know about them - I'm given to understand we don't control the comments. ]]> 127834@blogcritics.org Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:35:01 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-127833 Dude, you're not supposed to change the timestamp on the post to bump it up - put another post in. Looks like the comments section is screwed up too, not sure if it's because of this post Thanks for the reporting ]]> 127833@blogcritics.org Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:27:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-127758 I hope they catch this bastard, and soon. He's clearly a killer. Anyone who is within 4 square miles of this madman is in perilous danger. ]]> 127758@blogcritics.org Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:21:26 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-127645 let us know when they find and/or eliminate the plug, please ]]> 127645@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:22:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-127633 Thanks Eric. I've tended to cover domestic stuff and serial crimes, as well as unsolved mystery-type stuff, but this one was so close, so omnipresent as to the news coverage that I figured I should follow it. Not to mention the creepy fact that they looked for him first in my neighborhood. ]]> 127633@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:42:30 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/12/113716.php#comment-127626 wow, just crazy shit, thanks for such a great report on such a terrible sequence of events ]]> 127626@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:26:02 EST