R&B Editorial Blames Grandmother

Chris wrote a Letter to the Editor of the Red and Black (the independent student newspaper of the University of Georgia) in response to an editorial about the shooting death of 88-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Ms. Johnston was shot and killed after three undercover police officers executed a “no knock” search warrant at her house (CNN article) on November 21. Ms. Johnson had attempted to defend herself, firing upon and striking three of the officers.

The letter to the editor can be found here, under the title “Cops got schooled by 88-year-old.” The original editorial can be found here.

In response to Shane Vaiskauskas’ editorial, how do you know that Ms. Johnston “failed to properly educate herself on firearm usage”? Give me a break!

She must have had some type of firearms training, because she shot all three cops, even while (as you so succinctly put it) it was dark and she was disoriented.

Maybe it was the cops who needed a little more training, like Self Defense 101 or maybe How To Spot Someone Who Is Pointing A Gun At You 101.

The fault here does not rest with Ms. Johnston. She obviously defended herself pretty well.