‘It’s Over’: Atlanta Mayor Says Protesters Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed

[NightHawkeye]

From the "It's about time", files: ‘It’s Over’: Atlanta Mayor Says Protesters Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed

The girl was shot in the area near where Rayshard Brooks was killed, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters Sunday that it’s time to clear out.
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“This discussion, this mediation, and … it’s over. At a point where an 8-year-old baby is killed, the discussions have ended.”
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One wonders why it took so long. Was all the violence, mayhem and destruction worth it? Will Atlanta's mayor now follow through and shut down the agitators?

 

[Radagast]

From the "It's about time", files: ‘It’s Over’: Atlanta Mayor Says Protesters Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed

She's the mayor. She controls the police. She can end the violence any time she wants to.

 

[KCfromNC]

From the "It's about time", files: ‘It’s Over’: Atlanta Mayor Says Protesters Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed

Well, sure, one person died. But I thought we had to consider all lives mattering rather than single out particular ones to make a point?

 

[Radagast]

Well, sure, one person died. But I thought we had to consider all lives mattering rather than single out particular ones to make a point?

When we say "all lives matter," we mean, inter alia, "the lives of 8-year old children matter."

 

[NightHawkeye]

When we say "all lives matter," we mean, inter alia, "the lives of 8-year old children matter."

Father of eight-year-old girl killed in occupied Atlanta parking lot speaks out

“They say black lives matter. You killed your own this time. You killed a child. She didn’t do nothing to nobody,” Secoriya Williamson, the father of young Secoriea said at a press conference on Sunday.
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“Now we are demanding action for Secoriea Turner, and all other people who were shot in Atlanta last night. Enough is enough. If you want people to take us seriously and you don’t want us to lose this movement, we can’t lose each other,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said.​

 

[disciple Clint]

From the "It's about time", files: ‘It’s Over’: Atlanta Mayor Says Protesters Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed

The girl was shot in the area near where Rayshard Brooks was killed, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters Sunday that it’s time to clear out.
...
“This discussion, this mediation, and … it’s over. At a point where an 8-year-old baby is killed, the discussions have ended.”
​

One wonders why it took so long. Was all the violence, mayhem and destruction worth it? Will Atlanta's mayor now follow through and shut down the agitators?

I hope this is a turning point and other mayors will wake up and protect the public instead of protecting the criminals. Maybe the communities will start demanding that mayors do the job they were elected to do. There is no reason a child should be killed, this makes several children who have been killed since the riots started.

 

[KCfromNC]

When we say "all lives matter," we mean, inter alia, "the lives of 8-year old children matter."

I was just following along with people who feel the need to point out that all lives matter in cases similar to this. For some reason it was important to be explicit then, so I figured the same applied here.

 

[Albion]

She's the mayor. She controls the police. She can end the violence any time she wants to.

Exactly. I have to wonder at the notion I see expressed by people that when the mayor of Atlanta or Seattle or wherever finally says, "That's it. they have to clear out!" that this represents some triumph for sanity or security.

All it amounts to is letting the vandals get away with what they've done, along with the implied assurance that if they do it again somewhere else, they'll get another three weeks of mayhem free of (criminal) charge(s) until they're finally told by another mayor to move on. What scenario could be better for the revolutionaries than that?

 

[Radagast]

I was just following along with people who feel the need to point out that all lives matter in cases similar to this.

Possibly you don't understand the "all lives matter movement."

The basic idea is: all lives matter.

Not just the lives of criminals shot by police, but also the lives of police shot by criminals, and also the lives of innocent bystanders shot by criminals, including the lives of children shot by criminals.

The lives of the 20,000 people murdered each year in the USA matter. Their skin colour doesn't matter; what matters is that their blood was spilled.

The lives of the 50,000 people who take their own lives each year in the USA matter. Their skin colour doesn't matter; what matters is that their despair was so great that they felt that they could live no longer.

The lives of the 170,000 people who die in accidents each year in the USA matter. Their skin colour doesn't matter; what matters is that they their lives should have been better protected.

 

[tall73]

For those who justified burning, looting, rioting, do any want to justify this?

Feeding rage tends to spiral downward. It is time to make changes, not tear down.

 

[KCfromNC]

Possibly you don't understand the "all lives matter movement."

The basic idea is: all lives matter.

Not just the lives of criminals shot by police, but also the lives of police shot by criminals, and also the lives of innocent bystanders shot by criminals, including the lives of children shot by criminals.

The lives of the 20,000 people murdered each year in the USA matter. Their skin colour doesn't matter; what matters is that their blood was spilled.

The lives of the 50,000 people who take their own lives each year in the USA matter. Their skin colour doesn't matter; what matters is that their despair was so great that they felt that they could live no longer.

The lives of the 170,000 people who die in accidents each year in the USA matter. Their skin colour doesn't matter; what matters is that they their lives should have been better protected.

Glad you appreciate my help in pointing out that the OP forgot to include a mention all lives matter and instead just pointed to one particular life as if it were more meaningful than any others.

 

[Belk]

From the "It's about time", files: ‘It’s Over’: Atlanta Mayor Says Protesters Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed

The girl was shot in the area near where Rayshard Brooks was killed, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters Sunday that it’s time to clear out.
...
“This discussion, this mediation, and … it’s over. At a point where an 8-year-old baby is killed, the discussions have ended.”
​

One wonders why it took so long. Was all the violence, mayhem and destruction worth it? Will Atlanta's mayor now follow through and shut down the agitators?

So one little girl shot = Call to action!

Multiple little kids shot up in a school = Nothing we can do, thoughts and prayers

 

[GoldenBoy89]

For those who justified burning, looting, rioting, do any want to justify this?

Feeding rage tends to spiral downward. It is time to make changes, not tear down.

Who was justifying burning, looting and rioting?

 

[cow451]

She's the mayor. She controls the police. She can end the violence any time she wants to.

And Trump can peace to Afghanistan and the Middle East. It's easy.

 

[Vylo]

I hope this is a turning point and other mayors will wake up and protect the public instead of protecting the criminals.

Most haven't. They are still defending the cops. Or do you mean the other criminals

 

[cow451]

Most haven't. They are still defending the cops. Or do you mean the other criminals

Q: What happens when cops murder a petty criminal?
A: Crime on crime crime.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Who was justifying burning, looting and rioting?

To be fair, there have been numerous attempts to validate those actions.

There isn’t a simple story about looting

"It's just an expression of the outrage"
"Merchandise can be replaced, Black Lives can not"
"looting is a political expression"
"things have to burn to get attention, to get people to realize that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the system"
"people are breaking the law because the law no longer has legitimacy"

Do I think that's the opinion of most people? No...but the sentiment does exist.

 

[tall73]

Who was justifying burning, looting and rioting?

"It's just an expression of the outrage"
"Merchandise can be replaced, Black Lives can not"
"looting is a political expression"
"things have to burn to get attention, to get people to realize that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the system"
"people are breaking the law because the law no longer has legitimacy"

Check out this thread to see a number of the types of arguments indicated by ThatRobGuy.

Looters ransack Target store

Those who defended the burning, rioting, looting can answer the question. If most do not fit that category, all the better. I would hope most would not defend it.

@essentialsaltes