AJC. “People are entitled to their opinion. But don’t ever question whether or not I care.”
Additionally, Bottoms touted several public safety initiatives the city has recently taken on, including license plate-reading cameras, a summer program that aims to give jobs to 1,000 young people, and enhanced police recruitment.
“If there’s more we can do, I’m asking this working group to give us recommendations,” Bottoms said at the press conference.
Bryant has served as interim police chief since last year when former chief
Erika Shields resigned in the wake of the
Rayshard Brooks police shooting in June and the unrest that followed in the city. She was named chief of police in Louisville, Ky., in January.
Atlanta mayor calls Georgia gun laws lax , experts weigh in
There are 19 states in the country that allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, and Georgia is not one of them. Author: Kaitlyn Ross Updated: 7:36 PM EDT May 5, 2021
ATLANTA Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said something has to change with Georgia s gun laws. However, Governor Brian Kemp disagrees.
In her news conference on how she will address it, she said the state needs to tighten gun control measures because the laws in Georgia are so lax.
Solving the issue of violent crime in the city is complicated, Mayor Bottoms said. She also said that to start to make a difference, there have to be fewer guns on the street.
US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic, a shift that puts the U.S. alongside many in the developing world who want rich countries to do more to get doses to the needy.
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the government s position, amid World Trade Organization talks about a possible temporary waiver of its protections that would allow more manufacturers to produce the life-saving vaccines.
âThe Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines, Tai said in a statement.
Firing Of Atlanta Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Reversed
Garrett Rolfe will remain on administrative leave until the criminal charges against him are resolved, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said.
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ATLANTA (AP) The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks was reversed after a review panel found the city failed to follow its own procedures for disciplinary actions.
Garrett Rolfe was fired last June, a day after he shot the Black man in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. The Atlanta Civil Service Board on Wednesday released its decision on Rolfe’s appeal of his firing.
Garrett Rolfe, the Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks last summer, has been reinstated to his job, apparently with back pay. The Atlanta Civil Service Board reinstated Rolfe. It stated: Due to the City’s failure to comply with several provisions of the Code and the information received during witnesses’ testimony, the Board concludes the Appellant was not afforded his right to due process The Board s findings of