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[…] “This measure will allow troops to protect state property and dispatch state law enforcement officers to patrol our streets. Enough with the tough talk,” he added. “We must protect the lives and livelihoods of all Georgians.”
The Guardsmen will be assigned to protect state buildings, including the Capitol, the governor’s mansion, and the headquarters for the Department of Public Safety. Their presence will free police officers to increase patrols on roadways and in communities, especially in Atlanta, Kemp said.
Among those killed over the holiday weekend was an 8-year-old girl. Secoriea Turner was riding in a car Saturday night in Atlanta when at least two people opened fire on the vehicle. The shooting happened near the Wendy’s fast-food restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by a police officer last month, prompting weeks of protests and clashes between demonstrators and police. MORE
Tank Abrams hardest hit.
About damn time a governor does what he’s supposed to do; protect the citizens and state property. Hooray.
I’ve disagreed with Kemp on several things, the biggest being the appointment of Loeffler to fill the remaining term of Issacson, but he’s refused to back down to the critics for reopening the state, and he’s spot on with the state of emergency. Now is the time to shut those punks down lest they turn my state into Minnesota. The mayor of Atlanta is useless.
Rick is completely correct, Kemp has done a pretty good job on most issues, and I’ve stayed working the whole time the wu flu has been going on. Don’t get the Loeffler thing, and if we have a senate seat turn blue that will be his biggest misstep. Hopefully he will put an end to the lawlessness in the ATL. We don’t need to have another Shitcago in the South.
+1 on Rick
With the National Guard being activated and given the right to arrest citizens to keep the peace since the mayor has no control. There is also a curfew in Fulton county and Atlanta. Nobody is admitting it but we are under martial law in Mayor Lance-Bottom’s utopia.
BTW: She is the one responsible for the death of Secoriea Turner.