Tuesday, November 24, 2009
News Pennington takes 'full responsibility' for Kathryn Johnston killing
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Just six weeks before he's scheduled to be replaced by the city's next mayor, Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington has at last publicly apologized for the police killing of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston. Johnston was gunned down on November 21, 2006 while defending her home from police officers executing a bogus drug warrant..
“I take full responsibility for what happened," said Pennington to a memorial gathering at Lindsay Street Baptist Church, not far from Johnston's former home.
It's not at all clear what Pennington means by "full responsibility." Responsibility for the killing? The cover-up? For not cutting short his vacation and returning to Atlanta immediately upon finding out his officers gunned down a 92-year-old woman in her home? Is he going to resign? Is he going to lock himself in jail as penance? Is he going to return the three-years of city paychecks he's been drawing since the killing?
I know. I know. I probably shouldn't be too hard on Pennington. After all, it's clear the guy's hurting a lot inside. As he explained at the memorial yesterday, "[w]e went through some difficult times and no one felt it more than I did.”
Did you catch that? NO ONE felt it more than Pennington. The only thing that hurts more than getting shot five times is being a lousy police chief.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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