Atlanta City Council members Liliana Bakhtiari ran on platforms of police accountability. Councilmember Bakhtiari in particular had been a vocal opponent of the proposed police and fire “training” facility in unincorporated DeKalb County prior to their election to city council, and an ally to the movement to stop it. Our open records requests have since […]
It is the opinion of ACPC that the unnamed property owner gave Dekalb County PD its marching orders and has not acted in good faith or in accordance with legal precedent. It is truly outrageous but utterly unsurprising that the police would act in the interests of wealthy, private landowners - that is, after all, what the police have always done.
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