Police Killed 92-Year-Old Woman In ‘No-Knock’ Drug Raid Based on False Information

If you haven’t heard of Kathryn Johnston shooting, you aren’t alone. What is perhaps the greatest tragedy surrounding Kathryn’s death is the slap-on-the-wrist punishment handed down to her killers. Three former Atlanta police officers were sentenced fairly light prison terms that ranged only from five to 10 years for Johnson’s death.
These sentences were determined in spite of the fact that the officers were not only convicted of the killing, but of covering up the botched drug raid that led to the 92-year-old woman being killed.

Johnston was shot five times during a raid that took place in her Atlanta home back in 2007. In those days social media was not what it is today, and YouTube was in its infancy. Massive protests against police brutality and murder were rare, often unheard of in some parts of the United States. As a result, public pressure on the legal system to give fitting punishments to the offending officers was relatively non-existent.
Because of that former officer Jason Smith was sentenced to only 10 years for the November 2006 raid. Former officers Greg Junnier and Arthur Tesler received tiny six and five year sentences. That means, if you do the math, these two officers are due out sometime this year. Both, as well as their former department were hoping this little detail would escape public attention this year.
Investigators determined the entire raid on Johnston’s home should never have happened.
The raid was conducted based upon what was later determined to be falsified paperwork. Those documents claimed that “illegal drugs” were present at the residence. That was proven entirely false.
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