Posted on 05/27/2021 7:51:20 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Councilman Antonio Brown was attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony at an event in northeast Atlanta around noon when at least four kids jumped into his car and took off, FOX 5 of Atlanta reported.
"You don’t immediately think, ‘Oh, these kids are going to steal my car,’" Brown said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Last year, he voted in support of an ordinance to withhold $73 million from the budget of the Atlanta Police Department. The ordinance was narrowly voted down.
Brown said the thieves jumped in his vehicle Wednesday after he got out to speak with community leader Ben Norman. He noted his white Mercedes-Benz coupe has keyless push-to-start ignition and he failed to realize it had been started, reports said.
placeholder The councilman described the kids as being between ages 6 and 12, FOX 5 reported.
"One kid was in the driver’s seat. Ben attempted to open the door to get him out of the car. He fought with Ben. I then engaged and tried to get him out of the car. The three other kids were trying to figure out how to get in the car or stay out of the car. He started to hit on the gas," Brown said.
Brown added that he held on to the car in an attempt to stop them and was dragged about a block down the road before letting go.
Brown doesn't plan on filing charges against the kids, who he says acted out of desperation, Atlanta's WSB-TV reported.
"This is a generational poverty issue. These kids, it’s 12:30 in the afternoon. Why aren’t they in school? Why aren’t we enforcing systems to ensure that if they are not in school, they’re in recreational centers?" he said.
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It would have been too bad if he caught a bullet or was dragged to his death.
I promise I wouldn’t laugh.
Really.
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white Mercedes-Benz coupe. That’s racist.
Also, pretty good for a city councilman.
Buffoon!
This lame excuse is the biggest pile of bovine excrement out there to explain high black crime rates. But consider the source - a criminal himself who is under federal investigation for fraud.
Damn Right!! Why aren't they playing midnight basketball with the other good kids?
These kids were hongry for a new mercedes?
Maybe that's why they weren't in school.? Didn't have no mercedes to drive to school.
The guy is an IYI,,
https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577
,As a successful CEO and humanitarian, Antonio Brown adds a unique perspective, strong faith, and inspirational work ethic to his community. Growing up in poverty with his parents frequently incarcerated, Antonio discovered he had the resilience and drive to overcome adversity & achieve success. From the ground up, he built LVL XIII (Level 13), a luxury men’s fashion brand currently sold in Nordstrom nationwide. After successfully launching his business, Antonio immediately began to pour back into the community through Dream of Humanity (DOH), a nonprofit committed to improving the life trajectory of marginalized people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Dream of Humanity provides the community with access to a self sufficient lifestyle through wraparound services, transformative educational programs, and generous charitable contributions.
Antonio’s passion for business and education moved him to create the Small Business Entrepreneurship Program, which is now licensed by The Art Institute. This program provides hands-on entrepreneurial training and support to over 30,000 historically underserved college students nationwide. After witnessing the success at the Art Institute, Antonio realized there was a need to replicate the program to serve students in public schools. He built Student Entrepreneurs of America, a program that will serve 34 high schools by providing students access to a summer immersion program and pipeline into college. These students will have the opportunity to obtain up to 24 transferable college proficient credits at no cost.
By “kids”?
This clown should not be allowed to file a claim against their insurance since they expressly took actions contributing to the theft.
Answer: Because there ain't any white Mercedes Benz coupes in the rec centers, you idiot.
“Why aren’t we enforcing systems to ensure that if they are not in school, they’re in recreational centers?”
Because cops are racist murderers, at least according to you anyway.
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He left the Keys in the Ignition of an Unattended vehicle, that is Reckless Endangerment, Children had access to a Deadly Weapon as a result of his Criminal Negligence. ARREST AND PROSECUTE HIM for these Felony Child Endangerment Crimes he facilitated.
If you pick White you save on paint cost ,LOL
Brown doesn’t plan on filing charges against the kids, who he says acted out of ***desperation***.
Can you say insurance job?.
What a colossal idiot!
“Brown doesn’t plan on filing charges against the kids, who he says acted out of desperation, Atlanta’s WSB-TV reported...
This is a generational poverty issue.”
They stole the dude’s Mercedes. Off to the chop shop with it.
How many “desperate” 7 year olds have chop shop friends?
Liberal to the core.
Confidential to Atlanta's desperate young thieves: consider his house, he probably won't press charges for that, either.
He wants to know why we are not enforcing systems to keep them in schools, then refuses to have the law enforced.
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