Atlanta mayor announces $70M plan to combat violent crime
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms unviels new plan to combat crime
Mayor Bottoms along with the Atlanta Police Department laid out a $70 million plan that they say hopes to curve the escalating violence within 45 days.
ATLANTA - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms just unveiled her Anti-Violence Advisory Council s recommendations to crack down on violent crime in the city.
The council spent several weeks meeting and researching prior to making their recommendations. Roughly 70 percent of violent crimes defined as homicides, rape, aggravated assaults, and robbery are committed by people of the ages 25 and older, Mayor Bottom explained. Youth under 16 years of age committed 10 percent of the violent crimes.
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