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Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
Quote:Fox News Flash top headlines for May 26
An Atlanta city councilman – who is aiming to be the city's next mayor – had his car stolen by children in broad daylight Wednesday, according to reports.
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.
The incident occurred amid a recent crime wave in the city. Brown, who joined the city's mayoral race less than three weeks ago, is running on a campaign of "reimagining public safety," the paper reported.
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.
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.
"As he started to speed up, and I knew that if I had not let go, I knew I probably could have killed myself because he was going so fast, I would have started to tumble. And I would have hurt him," the councilman said.
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.
Atlanta police are investigating.
Brown is under indictment on federal fraud charges related to alleged incidents that occurred in the years prior to him winning the council seat in 2019, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Of course he wont file charges, it doesn't fit his BS leftist narrative.
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05-27-2021 11:19 AM |
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Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
More BLM irony
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RE: Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
(05-27-2021 11:19 AM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:Fox News Flash top headlines for May 26
An Atlanta city councilman – who is aiming to be the city's next mayor – had his car stolen by children in broad daylight Wednesday, according to reports.
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.
The incident occurred amid a recent crime wave in the city. Brown, who joined the city's mayoral race less than three weeks ago, is running on a campaign of "reimagining public safety," the paper reported.
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.
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.
"As he started to speed up, and I knew that if I had not let go, I knew I probably could have killed myself because he was going so fast, I would have started to tumble. And I would have hurt him," the councilman said.
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.
Atlanta police are investigating.
Brown is under indictment on federal fraud charges related to alleged incidents that occurred in the years prior to him winning the council seat in 2019, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Of course he wont file charges, it doesn't fit his BS leftist narrative.
I bet he will next time.
They definitely acted out of "desperation." They HAD to have a Mercedes, and they HAD to have it right then. It was a matter of life and death, almost...
(This post was last modified: 05-27-2021 11:38 AM by Todor.)
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Bear Catlett
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RE: Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
Sounds staged to me.
... Oh what a great guy... so understanding of the poor, disadvantaged youths who stole his car... I'm voting for him.
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RE: Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
Karma, it can really be a thing of beauty!
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05-27-2021 01:46 PM |
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RE: Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
Thanks for playing and showing you just hear the words and have never looked at what’s behind them.
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RE: Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
(05-27-2021 12:09 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote: Sounds staged to me.
... Oh what a great guy... so understanding of the poor, disadvantaged youths who stole his car... I'm voting for him.
Yep. This right here, exactly.
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05-28-2021 01:20 PM |
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RE: Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
LOL, he didn't press charges, afterall, they were innocent kids wanting an "adventure". I can bet you these "kids" will be looking out through steel bars soon. Oh well...if it stays in Atlanta it's good enough for me.
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05-28-2021 01:50 PM |
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RE: Defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight
I'm sure he had Onstar. That thing finds your car fast.
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