https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional...koO9GLNPL/

Quote:Gov. Brian Kemp will deploy as many as 1,000 Georgia National Guard troops to protect state buildings in Atlanta on Monday following a burst of violence across the city that left four dead, including an 8-year-old girl, and saw the ransacking of the headquarters of the Georgia State Patrol.

Kemp, a Republican, issued the emergency order after threatening late Sunday to “take action” to curb the unrest in Atlanta if Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms failed to do so, a move that highlighted the complicated, and increasingly tense, relationship between two of the state’s most prominent politicians.

The National Guard troops will be dispatched to three locations in the city: The state Capitol, which has been the focus of protests over statues of segregationists and Civil War leaders; the Governor’s Mansion in Buckhead; and the recently-vandalized Department of Public Safety building in southeast Atlanta.

“Peaceful protests were hijacked by criminals with a dangerous, destructive agenda. Now, innocent Georgians are being targeted, shot, and left for dead,” said Kemp. “This lawlessness must be stopped and order restored in our capital city.”

Quote:But one of the most notable responses came from U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler. The newly-appointed Republican was Kemp’s hand-picked selection to the chamber, and she shares many of the same advisers as the governor.

Though she didn’t specify Bottoms, she linked the violence to a velvet-glove approach to protestors by city leaders and blamed the “defund police” movement for the chaos.

“I’m furious that elected officials with a radical agenda have decided to appease violent criminals instead of protecting the public,” Loeffler said. “And I’m furious that these ‘leaders’ refuse to support law enforcement at a time when they need it most.”

If I were a parent of a freshman, I'd be nervous about my kids going to Georgia Tech, or Georgia State given all the violence.

Bottoms just announced she's positive for Covid 19 (along with her husband).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/...index.html

(07-06-2020 06:41 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Bottoms just announced she's positive for Covid 19 (along with her husband).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/...index.html

Sure she is...

(07-06-2020 06:41 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Bottoms just announced she's positive for Covid 19 (along with her husband).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/...index.html

Maybe she can stay in Fredo Cuomo's basement.

(07-06-2020 06:41 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Bottoms just announced she's positive for Covid 19 (along with her husband).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/...index.html

Convenient. She can hide from the shitestorm she fostered.

Typical cowardly prog filth.

(07-06-2020 06:51 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(07-06-2020 06:41 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Bottoms just announced she's positive for Covid 19 (along with her husband).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/...index.html

Maybe she can stay in Fredo Cuomo's basement.

Are you kidding! He'd send her to a previously uninfected nursing home!

(07-06-2020 06:53 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-06-2020 06:51 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(07-06-2020 06:41 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Bottoms just announced she's positive for Covid 19 (along with her husband).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/...index.html

Maybe she can stay in Fredo Cuomo's basement.

Are you kidding! He'd send her to a previously uninfected nursing home!

Atlanta. So sad. Smh.

(07-06-2020 06:17 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  If I were a parent of a freshman, I'd be nervous about my kids going to Georgia Tech, or Georgia State given all the violence.

I would feel nervous as a parent, too. That said, both Ga. State and Ga. Tech have ample resources to handle the problem — but it’s unclear if they have the political resolve to do so.

If Nathan Deal tries to deploy the National Guard, I'd hope they ignore the order. Even counter-signed by Obama.

(07-06-2020 07:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(07-06-2020 06:17 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  If I were a parent of a freshman, I'd be nervous about my kids going to Georgia Tech, or Georgia State given all the violence.

I would feel nervous as a parent, too. That said, both Ga. State and Ga. Tech have ample resources to handle the problem — but it’s unclear if they have the political resolve to do so.

Georgia Tech has had a lot of problems in recent years outside the old part of campus.
Haven't really heard many concerns about Georgia St. surprisingly. It is much less separated from downtown. Maybe their students are just more wary.