Closer Look: Remembering Kathryn Johnston

Ten years ago, 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston fired one shot above the heads of intruders in her home. They fired 39 shots, killing her. Those intruders were Atlanta police. They got the address wrong, and to save themselves, they planted drugs.

On a special edition of “Closer Look,” she is remembered.

• 0:00: Kelly Burton, friend of Johnston, reflects on her life and the friendship they shared together;
• 16:57: Criminal defense attorney and WABE legal analyst Page Pate discusses no-knock warrants and what effect the Johnston case has had on Atlanta;
• 33:21:  Rev. Anthony Motley, Friends of English Avenue co-founder and pastor of Lindsay Street Baptist Church, talks about how the community has changed in the past ten years since her death;
• 45:42:  Atlanta singer & composer Shawn Mullins talks about the song he wrote in honor of Johnston.

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