Hmm…

Police say they found illegal drugs in the northwest Atlanta home of Kathryn Johnston after the shootout. “Yes, narcotics was found at the location,” said Officer James Polite, spokesman for the Atlanta Police.

He declined to elaborate further, citing an ongoing investigation.

I’m skeptical. When police find drugs after one of these raids that at all implicate the person they shot, the variety and quantity are all over the news. Why won’t they release that information? And where in the home did they find the drugs?

And what about the guy who actually sold them the drugs?

Police say they do not know the identity of the suspect who allegedly sold them drugs at the residence earlier in the day and have issued a warrant for him on charges of selling illegal narcotics in the name of “John Doe”, also known as “Sam.”

He is described as a black male, 33 to 36 years old, weighing about 250 pounds. He is about six feet tall, with black hair and brown eyes.

So they conducted an armed, force entry raid on a home with a wheelchair ramp, and that had been inhabited for 17 years by a 92-year-old woman, all based on an undercover buy that took place in or near the house, but they know little or nothing about the seller? Terrific.

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