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After some Atlanta police officers call out, mayor asks them to honor commitment to community
CNN ^ | June 17, 2020 | Steve Almasy and Ryan Young, CNN

Posted on 06/17/2020 11:38:36 PM PDT by Morgana

Atlanta (CNN)Hours after a fired police officer was charged with felony murder for fatally shooting a man in the back, Atlanta police officers are not responding to calls in three of the department's six zones, multiple sources within the Atlanta Police Department told CNN on Wednesday evening. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard earlier in the day announced 11 charges against Garrett Rolfe, who was fired after he shot Rayshard Brooks twice in the back on Friday night. A third shot hit a car with three people inside.

The police department said an unusual number of officers working the late shift had called out sick. The mayor said the city would be OK. "There's a lot happening in our cities and our police officers are receiving the brunt of it, quite frankly," Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told CNN's Chris Cuomo. She said the city has committed to the officers through a big pay raise, and "we expect that our officers will keep their commitment to our communities."

She said she thinks morale is down tenfold.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; blueflu; chriscuomo; clintonnonnews; cnn; georgia; keishalancebottoms; paulhoward; taser
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

If only they had trading from the Joe Biden Knee Shooting School.


61 posted on 06/18/2020 3:03:47 AM PDT by SteelPSUGOP
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To: oldenuff35

“This cop is going to walk and never should have been charged to begin with.”

His attorney has probably advised him of that, and also to expect “back pay”.


62 posted on 06/18/2020 3:08:02 AM PDT by Does so (Neo-Venezuelans = Democrats = Rioters = Looters)
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To: Morgana

The “community” broke its commitment to the Police a long time ago.


63 posted on 06/18/2020 3:09:47 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Mayor’s Training video: This is how they want the police to act.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb21_qI90pE&t=50


64 posted on 06/18/2020 3:12:28 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Does so
“This cop is going to walk and never should have been charged to begin with.”

Maybe they deliberately over charged him, so he would walk, so they can have more riots.

65 posted on 06/18/2020 3:12:56 AM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force Officer, who graduated from Air Force pilot training, on 1 May 2020)
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To: Morgana
Keisha Lance Bottoms, cop persecutor, lecturing police about honor. What a repugnant, disgusting and pathetic woman. Let her police Atlanta.
66 posted on 06/18/2020 3:15:00 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Jonty30

A political version of the PHB.

Treat people below as trash but expect them to save their hide when things go wrong.


67 posted on 06/18/2020 3:15:02 AM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: JerseyDvl

In my sons small department the chief has passed the word, if any councilman or the mayor starts this defund nonsense they are all calling in sick. Cops have had enough.


68 posted on 06/18/2020 3:24:57 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: matt04

Yep. Right outta the Babylon Bee.


69 posted on 06/18/2020 3:25:26 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: Morgana

How about members of the community (whatever that is) start turning in the perps who walk among them, sleep on their couches, whatever.


70 posted on 06/18/2020 3:27:30 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Morgana

Asking them to honor their “commitment”.....really?
What about YOUR commitment to them, BottomsIdiot?

Personally, if I was apart of them, I’d tell you personally to ‘F’ off......


71 posted on 06/18/2020 3:36:34 AM PDT by cranked
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To: snarkytart

I hope they don’t cave. They definitely have the mayor shook.”

I don’t see how the CAN cave. After haveing the range of responses to violence against themselves severely curtailed any cop at any time can end up on charges for anything that flows from having lost control of an arrest situation.

The deck is stacked against them and a howling mob that hates them is literally in full control.


72 posted on 06/18/2020 3:42:07 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: Morgana

A friend of mine who works on the Boston PD says morale is abysmmal and there has been an unofficial “strike” going for a couple weeks now in large cities across the country. Officers are simply refusing to respond to calls anymore saying they are too busy, they go on duty, go park somewhere out of the way and do nothing for their entire shift.


73 posted on 06/18/2020 3:53:54 AM PDT by apillar
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To: Morgana

My God. I can imagine a host of Freepers logging in and reading this for the first time like I did, had that exact same word salad containing the words “Kiss” and “Ass”.

My thought was the arrogance and dastardly insolence.

If it weren’t true, one might think them incapable of such a statement. Even they couldn’t go that low.

But every time you think they cannot go that low, they descend further.


74 posted on 06/18/2020 3:56:55 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
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To: apillar
they go on duty, go park somewhere out of the way and do nothing for their entire shift.

Are they getting anyone’s attention? I hope so.

75 posted on 06/18/2020 4:01:07 AM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force Officer, who graduated from Air Force pilot training, on 1 May 2020)
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To: Morgana
Where’s the Union? Shouldn’t they be out representing the officers and the relentless attacks on them instead of just collecting dues and giving them to Democrats?
76 posted on 06/18/2020 4:10:07 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Morgana
According to the Atlanta Police Department website, the starting salary is $48,500.00 and top salary $71,792.00.

https://joinatlantapd.org/salary-and-benefits/

It's not enough money to do that job. It's not nearly enough money to do that job.

77 posted on 06/18/2020 4:10:22 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("The natives are growing restless")
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To: newzjunkey
As you describe, what really happened is quite different from CNN’s brief description “shot twice in the back”. Too bad that almost all of the USA media is trying to foment racial hatred and division, even riots.

Even the police chief saying that the man was asleep in his car at a Wendy’s leaves out the important part that he was in the drive-thru line, this blocking anyone else from driving through. It’s too bad that he hadn’t pulled into a parking space and gone to sleep.

78 posted on 06/18/2020 4:14:17 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: apillar

I just listened to the Atlanta zone 6 police radio this morning. Not a word spoken - just static for minutes on end.


79 posted on 06/18/2020 4:17:31 AM PDT by BelleAl (Proud to be a member of the party of NO! NO more deficit spending and government control!)
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To: Morgana

Yep - told her to fulfil her commitment and defend those who risk it all for the ingrates who want to eradicate them.


80 posted on 06/18/2020 4:17:32 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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