Keisha Lance Bottoms’s honesty about her experiences have won her wide praise.
for Arbery’s killing Wednesday. Protests of Arbery’s death had been peaceful. Then Floyd’s death on May 25 set off demonstrations across the country, including in Atlanta.
Bottoms was asked on CNN last weekend about police officers calling out sick to protest disciplinary action against their fellow officers, including the two charged in the fatal encounter with Brooks.“We value our officers in Atlanta,” said Bottoms, a city native who said she has known some members of the police force since childhood. “I also recognize that our communities are hurting and our officers are hurting.
“I know Mayor Bottoms cares,” Brown added. “She’s from Atlanta, born and bred here. I know she cares and I know that it’s been difficult with everything transpiring.”
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