Ravenwood - 04/27/04 06:00 AM
Fox (search) News tells the tale of Cobb County police, who "surrounded a suburban Atlanta house in a 14-hour armed standoff". The cops sat outside with guns drawn, using bullhorns to negotiate. The problem is, there was nobody home.
The whole anticlimactic incident began Thursday afternoon when a repossession man showed up at the house in Powder Springs, about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta, reports WSB-TV.One would presume that the repo man wouldn't lie, so I assume that the incident actually happened. (Although the "gunman" could easily have confused the repo man with a car thief.)As often happens, the man who lived there wasn't happy to see his car taken away. He pulled a gun, and the repo man called the cops.
Cobb County authorities sealed off the entire neighborhood, preventing residents from entering or leaving, as they tried to smoke out the unnamed gunman with tear gas.
In an effort to communicate with the man, who had neither said anything or fired a shot, police also threw two cell phones into the house, but got no response.
Regardless of what actually happened between the two men, it clearly looks like the man had left home before the cops even arrived. It leads me to wonder why there was a stand-off to begin with. I realize that the police need to be cautious when dealing with someone accused of illegally brandishing a firearm, but keeping residents from their homes, using tear gas, and sitting outside the house for 14 hours seems a little extreme.
Category: Dumb Criminals
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Well, they didn't kill his dogs and burn him out, at least. Wonder what, if any, compensation he might receive from the police for damage to the property?
I bet the police negotiator gets a medal for this....or at least credit on his list of "standoffs resolved."
Posted by: robert at April 27, 2004 11:42 AM
Someone in your shop is guilty of kowtowing to the "Kops". This story was placed into the
"Dumb Criminal" category. It most certainly belongs in the "Cowardly Kops" category.
LOLOLOLOLOL, well welcome to the keystone kops.........
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