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Posted on 06/09/2026 4:52:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A mix of restaurants, cultural institutions and high-rise residential living makes Midtown Atlanta one of the city’s most attractive neighborhoods. Lately, however, a series of violent incidents has shaken residents and left many wondering if city officials can keep us safe.
In April, I was standing outside my apartment when I heard gunshots ring out in Piedmont Park. A rowdy, unauthorized gathering of teenagers had turned deadly. A 16-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet. A few months earlier, I was in a restaurant on a Sunday afternoon when a large man brutally attacked a server. I helped pull him off her and followed him, along with some other good Samaritans, as he fled through Midtown. We cornered him in an office vestibule and he was arrested. Two weeks before that, I was awakened at 5 a.m. by sirens that grew disconcertingly louder as they approached, followed by a violent metallic bang. A drunk-driving suspect leading police on a high-speed chase had crashed through my apartment building’s steel gate.
In the past few months, Atlanta has experienced three high-profile murders—one in Piedmont Park, where I walk my dog every day; one on the Beltline, where I frequently ride my bike; and one on the Marta, our city’s public transport system. Local officials issued familiar reassurances. The city pointed to its “robust camera network,” though the cameras weren’t working the night Katie Janness, 40, and her dog were stabbed to death in the park five years ago in a grisly murder that remains unsolved.
After great-grandmother Margaret Swan, 66, was stabbed to death in an apparently random attack on the Marta in May, federal officials said they would review the long-troubled system where robberies and assaults are common. Then, on June 5,...
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Ya think?
“A rowdy, unauthorized gathering of teenagers had turned deadly. A 16-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet.”
Stop calling them teens John, you moron. You are part of the problem.
I’d get the hell outta there.
“Atlanta Feels Like It’s Falling Apart”
Nothing gets by this guy, eventually.
Entire swaths of the USA are falling into ignorance, chaos, and malaise.
If you live in what of what you think is one of the “most attractive neighborhoods” and you say your apartment building has steel gates - you are lying to yourself.
Never venture south of the Chattahoochee.
There are places like Atlanta that probably have many people with outstanding arrest warrants.
Remember, about 2% of the people do 90% of the crime. Lock them up and they can only bother each other.
The FBI and others have assisted some cities with finding those with warrants and locking them up!
Will Atlanta reach out for assistance?
Bring back Sherman
It’s LBJs “Great Society” after 50 years. Generations of feral “youths” who have no concept of family, society, or conscience over who they kill.
Atlanta is a liberal shxthole in a liberal county run by liberal morons voted in by liberal idiots.
Is the WSJ just now noticing?
I hope this writer realizes that 99% of real estate purchases in this country are to avoid the “cause” of these violent attacks..... same with travel advice and advice when choosing tenants, business partners, etc....
it’s all about avoiding the “risk”.
Demographics, John. Demographics. It’s not a mystery.
I made several business trips to Atlanta in 2000 teens and it was thug central. I always travelled with a side arm. All the employees at the airport were black and would roll their eyes and make faces when I checked a firearm.
“Black Undertow” and “The Bell Curve” are not, as much as search results claims is a “racist pseudoscience belief” has been proven time and time again anywhere in the world when black leadership takes over.
Another instance we can see they are all “teens” but not what they look like... ‘Tis a mystery how that always happens.
It is mostly those zany Wakandians with their “vibrant” culture that is bringing this violent cultural diversity to Atlanta.
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