Ramblings' Journal

Great job on the coverage.... Outstanding work.

Very scary situation as this man has no fear. I am sure he is thinking that there is no chance of being taken alive, so will do anything to stay out of custody.

Hi - great blog! Some thoughts:

* If the "FBI" and "ATF" were involved since daytime yesterday, why didn't they think to check the garage either? AFAIK the FBI has an office in Atlanta. If they were involved as the press claims, ought they not be criticized as well (or does all the blame fall to the local "keystone cops")?

* I can't ignore the failure of the press's "investigative" journalism as much as that of the police. The driver of the Green Honda was an AJC employee for heaven's sake. The AJC and CNN offices are right next door. AFAIK the parking garage was open to traffic the entire day. Didn't anyone think to cross the street and take a look, if only to second-guess the police work they are so willing to criticize?

I'll be interested to see if the media - the AJC and CNN in particular - point any fingers at themselves. I'm not holding my breath.

* The person guarding Nichols (when he was unshackled to change clothes!) was a 5-foot tall woman. We've all been hearing on the news how Fulton County should have had "more" guards, but any time gender (and presumably height as well) are brought up they are immeidately shot down as "not relevant" issues. Why is everyone afraid to admit the truth - that the problem was not "too few guards", but too few men on the scene? The fact this can't even be mentioned (apparently) says a lot about the taboos in our society today. For the sake of comparison: What do you think would have happened if, instead of one 5-foot woman, they had used two 5-foot women to guard Nichols? Or three? I'm not reassured that the outcome would have been any different (except for more dead guards).

It's revealing that one of the news clips from yesterday showed a woman trying, but failing, to lift one of the bodies into an ambulance. After fidgeting in front of the cameras for way too long, and bossing everyone around in the process, she simply gave up and stood aside while a man did the work. Why are we afraid to identify this metaphor for exactly what it is: that, simply put, some jobs are just not for women?

(Oh, and Glad they caught the bastard. Hope they don't let him escape again!)

He's at the FBI field office in Decatur, per CNN and local radio in ATL.

Fox News says he will be taken to the federal holding facility downtown next.

I thought he'd pick suicide by cop after what he did yesterday.

For anyone who lives in the area: The "Decatur" FBI office was actually over near Chamblee, at Century Center on Clairmont between I-85 and Buford Hwy.

Acquaintances of mine apparently saw the TV coverage showing the convoy getting off I-85 at Clairmont Rd. & turning north. With a little luck they managed to meet the tail of the convoy (just after it turned onto Century Center Blvd). They managed to beat the media by a good 10-15 min. No good close-up pics, but apparently they had a nice conversation w/one of the other bystanders, someone who was later interviewed on CNN.

I am not a well educated person but have a little comman sence. Why do we transport any body from the jail to a court room ? With the magic of live video feed all you need is a room set up at the jail with a table for the inmate and attorney and a video moniter. The judge would have the same. This would save money, and in this case lives. But as I said I am just a average H.S. grad. It makes sence to me.