Atlanta goes another year without completing citizen review of over 50 officer-involved deaths (www.ajc.com)

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[-] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Goofy “I’ll do it again” meme

[-] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

democrats

[-] deforestgump@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What about them?

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

they run the city?

[-] whiskers165@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Its more complex than just partisan politics. Local churches are turning out huge blocks of pro-corporate, pro-police, pro-developer generally misinformed voters. You could change the partisan make up of the city and I doubt you would get very different results.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

truly a scathing indictment of the ruling faction

[-] whiskers165@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Do you even live in Atlanta? I've been here my whole life, have friends active in city politics, I own a home walking distance to Cop City. I have scathing indictments of most of city council and all of the recent mayors but they are personal and based on the individual people and their actions.

I have harsh criticism of the Democratic party too but their dominance in the city is a symptom not a root cause of the problems here. If your analysis starts and stops at "Democrats bad" your understanding of my city is too simple

Do you have anything to contribute to the conversation other than one liners?