This sure sounds like bullshit. How could a body be decapitated falling on a fence like that? The human body just ain't all that fragile.
"R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/atlanta/0203/16suspect.html > > [ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 2/16/03] > > Man decapitated while fleeing police > > By LINDSAY JONES > Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer > > *Atlanta/South Metro community page > > A narcotics traffic stop on the Downtown Connector turned deadly Saturday afternoon > when a man climbed over the interstate railing, fell about 35 feet and was > decapitated on a wrought-iron fence, Atlanta police said. > > Officers in a marked car stopped the man about 4:30 p.m., as he drove south on the > interstate above Auburn Avenue. The man, who has not been identified, stopped his > vehicle and tried to flee by climbing over the railing, Lt. Danny Agan said. > > Police still are investigating whether the man jumped or fell off the raised > interstate. > > "This is a new one for me in 29 years," Agan said. > > The decapitation shocked people who work in the neighborhood. Gary White, an income > tax preparer, came out of his office when he heard the commotion. "It's surreal," > White said. > > Agan said narcotics officers had been trailing the man for much of the day. > > Agan did not know if the officers who tried to arrest the man would be placed on > administrative leave. "This is not something normally covered under the [standard > operating procedure] of the department," he said. > > > > > -- > ----------------- > R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> > 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA > "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, > [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to > experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
