Wednesday, November 5, 2008
News Police task force will investigate '06 Kathryn Johnston shooting
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Now that the FBI has concluded its investigation into the death of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston at the hands of two Atlanta cops, the police department has formed a task force to conduct its own internal probe of Johnston's killing.
Here's what Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington said (in a press release) about the creation of the task force:
Following the November 21, 2006 death of Ms. Kathryn Johnston at 933 Neal Street, I asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to commence an independent investigation into Ms. Johnston’s death. The scope of the FBI investigation included allegations of criminal acts as well as other misconduct. I would like to thank the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office for their help and assistance in conducting this investigation regarding criminal misconduct. ...The Atlanta Police Department should be given an opportunity to review the actions of its own employees for the purpose of determining whether administrative charges are appropriate. If it is deemed appropriate, adminstrative action will be taken against officers as warranted.
My question is, where does the city's newly created Citizen Review Board — a board that came into existence as a result of the Johnston killing — fit into all this?
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Until now the CRB had zero ability to investigate this matter. Now they have been given the power to Subpoena the case info. They can only make recommendations for actions to be taken but they don't have to wait for the FBI, the Police and the DA to investigate before looking at the evidence from the incident.
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