Crime surges in ATL

“In Atlanta, Violent Crime Surges” was the screaming headline in The Wall Street Journal this week. The paper reported what many Georgia media outlets don’t: “As of July 11, 106 people were shot over a 28-day period, marking a sharp increase from 40 people during the same period in 2019 according to Atlanta Police Department data.”  And an eight-year-old girl was among these victims in an area taken over by armed thugs where the police were ordered to stand down by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Also, so-called “water boys” have been attacking motorists in the middle of major intersections in recent days if they didn’t “buy” water bottles. In the midst of this “trend of lawlessness,” as Gov. Brian Kemp describes it, Atlanta’s national image is SINKING…