2 killed, 2 injured in shooting outside NW Atlanta house party

[architect77]

Originally Posted by JMatl

You can't blame KLB this time, it's happening all over the Country. New York is getting really bad.

It was reassuring to read that DeBlasio is allocating money for alternative policing programs. They have a dozen organizations that pay ex-cons a salary to go deep into the social innerworkings of high-violence areas and de-escalate potential revenge shootings etc.

I think it's interesting and a good idea. These insiders get to know what no uniformed officer will ever even get close to. If potential bad events are avoided and nipped in the bud that's a good angle on policing.

It's better than simply cutting funding so there won't be as much law enforcement to catch me while I break the law.

For the media to embrace that so quickly rather than recommending abiding by the laws that society has agreed upon and put into effect is disappointing to say the least.

[architect77]

Atlanta's local news is nothing but a list of the day's murders, smash and grabs, car jacking, sliders, fraud, identity thefts.

Georgia is 3rd in armed robbery and 1st or 2nd in identity theft in the nation.

It would have to be a massacre for an increase in shootings to be noticed.

3 years ago there were 72 robberies in one month in Midtown and West Midtown. Almost all victims were pedestrians.

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Originally Posted by JC84

I'm not sure what's more dangerous: the growing anger over police brutality, or the right's refusal to address it. Republicans think they're keeping the peace, but they're just adding fuel to the fire.

I am not convinced that it is being done unknowingly.

The whole George Floyd situation has been a breakthrough of sorts, finally (I think?), but sad that it had to happen in some of my old stomping grounds.