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2021-06-19 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Atlanta Mayor Bottoms: Crime Spike Partially Due to Georgia Opening Early, ‘We Had People Traveling Here'

[Breitbart] On Friday’s "MSNBC Live," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said that part of the reason homicides in the city have increased from pre-pandemic levels is because Georgia "opened up before the rest of the country, even before the CDC said that it was safe for us to open." And "We had people traveling here from across the country to party in our city."

Bottoms acknowledged that there is a crime spike in cities across the country, including in Atlanta, and stated that school closures, mental health issues, and easy access to guns are contributors to the problem.

After host Stephanie Ruhle asked about the increase in killings in Atlanta from before the pandemic, Bottoms responded, "I think there are a couple of things that you have to compare. Remember, in Georgia, we were opened up before the rest of the country, even before the CDC said that it was safe for us to open. So, our nightclubs and our bars remained open. We had people traveling here from across the country to party in our city. So, we believe our comporable numbers are from 2019, which they are still up. But again, this is an issue that’s happening in cities across the country."

Bottoms further stated that the pandemic has contributed to the crime surge and that police forces across the country are struggling to retain and attract officers.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-19 00:09|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Perps not to blame. The out-of-town crowd continue to cause problems.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-19 00:15|| 2021-06-19 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 The out-of-towners being the California activists who snuck in last November to cure faulty ballots?

Posted by trailing wife 2021-06-19 00:20|| 2021-06-19 00:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe NYC escapees making their way to FLA.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-19 09:15|| 2021-06-19 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 but pointing out the crime spike in Atlanta after the Hurricane Katrina refugees made their way to the city, well that would be rayciss

Posted by Retard Strength 2021-06-19 09:40|| 2021-06-19 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 exactly Retard, what we are seeing is the kids of the ones who came here after Katrina.

Posted by Chris 2021-06-19 10:10|| 2021-06-19 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 "police forces across the country are struggling to retain and attract officers."
Especially in Democrat controlled cities, for some reason.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2021-06-19 10:16|| 2021-06-19 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 That dastardly Mr Gun Violence is up to his tricks again.

Will no one stop Gun Violence before he kills again? Arrest that man!

Posted by Thor Shens8224 2021-06-19 10:23|| 2021-06-19 10:23|| Front Page Top

#8 How many of the out of towners were arrested?

Posted by Fred 2021-06-19 11:10|| 2021-06-19 11:10|| Front Page Top

#9 A lie only those who want to believe will hear.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-19 12:50|| 2021-06-19 12:50|| Front Page Top

#10 "Tourists - look what you made them do!"

Posted by Raj 2021-06-19 13:05|| 2021-06-19 13:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Sounds like the safe thing to do is a very secure voting procedure so all the wokerations and ballsports leave the state. Science.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-19 13:11|| 2021-06-19 13:11|| Front Page Top

#12 I guess that begs the important question, Was they traveling or stayin' by?

Posted by Cesare 2021-06-19 15:53|| 2021-06-19 15:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Democrats and their "out of state agitators"...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-06-19 20:14|| 2021-06-19 20:14|| Front Page Top

#14 Perhaps if Georgia built a wall to keep out the unwanted troublemakers...

Posted by SteveS 2021-06-19 20:19|| 2021-06-19 20:19|| Front Page Top

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