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THE POLICE LIED !!!!
Friends and family who gathered at an East Point funeral home Tuesday for the funeral of Kathryn Johnston said they just want to know the truth about the drug raid that led to the elderly woman's death.
"When this occurred, we were shocked that this could be real," said Johnston's niece, JoAnne Trawick. "I've always believed from the beginning that this was a mistake."
Commenting on revelations that the informant narcotics officers say led them to the Johnston's house is accusing the officers of asking him to lie about his role, Trawick said, "I hope he is telling the truth.
"Nobody wins in this situation," Trawick said, outside Gus Thornhill's Funeral Home. "We just want to see the truth come to light."
Vera Washington, Johnston's sister-in-law, said she suspected police "were lying all the time. A woman that age would not be selling drugs."
The Rev. Markel Hutchins, who has acted as spokesman for the family, said Johnston's family is encouraged by the FBI's entry into the investigation of the Nov. 21 gun battle that left Johnston dead and three narcotics officers wounded.
"They had zero confidence before yesterday," Hutchens said. "Now their confidence is increased."
"Finally, the truth is coming out so that her name will not be seen in such a bad light," said family friend Carletta Sutton. "I think that a number of people expressed concern that her memory and her name has been sullied by the allegations that drugs have been sold from her house."
A neighbor of Johnston's, Utamu Onaje, said Johnston practiced holistic health and "didn't even take medications, let alone drugs.
"She should have been able to be safe in her hown house," Onaje said.
Atlanta police Chief Richard Pennington confirmed Monday that the informant now claims police asked him to lie about his role in an alleged drug buy that led to the shooting.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2006/11/27/1127metshoot_html.html?imw=Y&UrAuth=aN`NUOaN\UbTTUWUXUWUZTZU^UWU^UVUZU]U]UcTYWVVZV&urcm=y
JAMES DOLAN on Isiah : He's a good friend of mine and of the organization and I will continue to solicit his views. He will always have strong ties to me and the team.
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11/22/2006 2:00 PM