Atlanta Georgia Under Siege!

A press conference was held today with Atlanta Mayor and Chief, Shirley Franklin (seen above) and Richard Pennington. The conference was geared towards tragic crime levels, which have surpassed the norm in Atlanta. Every time you turn on the news, you know what the anchor is going to say before he/she says it, "Another body found in the woods. A double execution of two women in their own apartment. A woman going for her morning jog shot in the back. A Georgia Tech student robbed and shot."

But last Saturday the news took a different twist, when it was reported that celebrity boxer Vernon Forrest (seen-r), was shot and killed during a robbery. In the same night Atlanta City Councilman Ceasar Mitchell (seen below-r), was held up by three thieves and robbed of his sport utility vehicle all within minutes of dropping his mother off at her residence! Immediately after these two incidents occurred Atlanta went under siege and red lights went off, proclaiming Georgia to have a serious crime problem. 

Councilman Mitchell commented that last Saturday's crime emboldened him to urge police officials, to inject more officers in the Red Dog Unit which aggressively attacks crime in neighborhoods with large levels of drug activity. 

Why should there be high level alerts on drug activity? What does drug activity have to do with stopping murderers and thieves? Not defending drug dealers at all, but most murders and robberies have nothing to do with drugs. Instead of police placing first priority to busting drug dealers who deal drugs, maybe first priority should be placed on busting murderers, pedophiles, and thieves. 

The murder and robbery cases mentioned in this article, had absolutely nothing to do with drugs. The cases were about bad people who wanted something that somebody else had. Furthermore, I'm sick and tired of watching the news and hearing about police officer's playing card games, watching movies at their friends house, buying drugs, and even pulled over on side streets fornicating while on duty! Our streets are becoming less safe and taxpayer dollars are being wasted, on police officer's that do not protect us. Maybe if police officer's were kept under strict supervision, they'd be more apt to do what they're being paid to do?

2009 LA