The cops in Atlanta who took part

in this should all be fired. And then prosecuted.
An Atlanta police narcotics officer has told federal investigators at least one member of his unit lied about making a drug buy at the home of an elderly woman killed in a subsequent raid, according to a person close to the investigation.
Really?
In an affidavit to get a search warrant at the home Nov. 21, narcotics officer Jason R. Smith told a magistrate he and Officer Arthur Tesler had a confidential informant buy $50 worth of crack at 933 Neal St. from a man named "Sam."

But narcotics officer Gregg Junnier, who was wounded in the shootout, has since told federal investigators that did not happen, according to the person close to the investigation. Police got a no-knock warrant after claiming that "Sam" had surveillance cameras outside the Neal Street residence and they needed the element of surprise to capture him and the drugs.

Sorry, lying bastards.

It's been said before, if you get a no-knock warrant there is NO room for error: there is too much opportunity for disaster in cases where such a warrant is justified, and when it's NOT justified...

Junnier has told investigators the arrest of a suspected small-time dealer named Fabian Sheats that afternoon set the fatal set of circumstances in motion. According to police reports, Sheats, who was arrested for the third time in four months, told police that he had seen a kilogram of cocaine at the Neal Street home earlier that day.

A relative of Sheats said Wednesday he is being held in jail as a government witness,

So on the basis of this 'informant' saying "I saw some coke there!", with to see if there was any truth in it, they lied to the judge to get, not just a search warrant, oh no, not nearly good enough, they really, really needed a no-knock warrant. Or maybe they just liked knocking doors down and holding people at gunpoint, I don't know. I do know that
There was no need for this type warrant.
They lied to get it.
They based lying to get it on one claim by a dealer they'd arrested.
And somebody died because of it.