Georgia police officer who said a black man shot her —actually shot herself

[kpete]

White Georgia police officer will be arrested for claiming a black man shot her

An officer shot. A bullet stopped by body armor. A 10-day chase for an unidentified shooter.A newly hired Jackson police officer told a compelling story about what happened late the night of Sept. 13. After only three months on the job, Sherry Hall found herself immersed in a high-profile shooting, pitting a white officer against a black man. At least, that was her account of what happened. But she made the whole thing up, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation

On Friday, Hall was charged with four felonies, including evidence tampering and giving false statements to investigators. After her account began to unravel over the past two weeks, investigators were left with little to conclude other than she shot herself, but officials stopped short of saying so Friday.“Cops are humans and they make mistakes, but this is not a mistake,” Butts County Sheriff Gary Long said at a news conference. “This is criminal.”

GBI Special Agent Joe Wooten said Hall is on paid administrative leave after checking herself into a “private facility” to seek help.“Upon release, she will be arrested,” Wooten said.


http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/cop-made-up-story-about-georgia-shooting-gbi-says/nsdct/

[rock]

1. Yessir, the cops these days are the cream of the crop

"What's the crop", you ask. Dicks.

[napi21]

2. Ya know, I've asked that question many times. Years ago, our closes friend was a township cop.

Our families did everything together and had a lot of fun. We remenise wondering "I wonder what Bob thinks about all this going on with cops?"

One story was told is that cops, especially smaller city/county ones, are paid so little, the only people who join the force are those looking for POWER and the right to ORDER people to do things upon demand. They arrogantly strut around with their chest hpuffed up and that gun on their hip, looking for the chance to exert their authority. When I first heard that I said NO! THAT CAN'T BE TRUE! And in many cases, I'm sure it's not, but I'm starting to question myself now. Back in the 70' & 80' when we were very close to that cop family, he was making $75,000 a year. That was pretty good $$ for back then, albeit it included a LOT of OT. The Pubs have been working for YEARS to reduce taxes everywhere, and since all public servants are paid with tax money, their pay has gone down instead of up. NYC cops make a decent buck, but I bet the cop in this story, from some small place in Ga. was lucky to be making $22,000/yr. I'm not excusing what's happening to police all over the country. I'm just saying, the pay rates aren't high enough to attract qualified people who want the job for the right reasons.

I know it's NOT TRUE of EVERY officer, but there's certainly a number of them who seem to be on the job for all the wrong reasons.

[rock]

3. Yeah, it's a shame

That 95% of the cops are so bad that they ruin it for the rest of them. (OK, I exaggerate).

[Rex]

4. Impossible, I was given a Nancy Grace guarantee that all cops are good guys/gals with guns.

Reminds me of the Stormfront loonies that like to blame Obama for everything, wonder where she got the idea?