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Since Dickens took office, Atlanta has:
-pulled out of a funding opportunity that would have helped reduce imposition of/reliance on criminal fees/fines via @FinesandFeesJC
-nixed the plan to repurpose the city jail and instead leased beds to abusive Fulton County
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-pulled out of a funding opportunity that would have helped reduce imposition of/reliance on criminal fees/fines via @FinesandFeesJC
-nixed the plan to repurpose the city jail and instead leased beds to abusive Fulton County
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-partnered with Fulton to revive a racist “repeat offender” courtwatch program championed by a councilwoman who tried to help Tr*ump overturn election results
-failed to use MILLIONS of dollars earmarked for the virtually unstaffed Office of Violence Reduction
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-failed to use MILLIONS of dollars earmarked for the virtually unstaffed Office of Violence Reduction
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-returned MILLIONS of eviction relief funds to the feds
-continued a crusade to maintain ATL’s spot as the most surveilled city in the nation
-cooperated with state police to target and arrest bail fund organizers
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-continued a crusade to maintain ATL’s spot as the most surveilled city in the nation
-cooperated with state police to target and arrest bail fund organizers
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-cooperated with state police to target and arrest bail fund organizers
-cooperated with state police to conduct a raid that killed a 26 y/o environmentalist in a hail of 50+ bullets
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-cooperated with state police to conduct a raid that killed a 26 y/o environmentalist in a hail of 50+ bullets
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-passed legislation to fund #CopCity despite widespread community opposition & flagrant misrepresentations about the project’s cost.
-exposed to the world what feeble, bureaucratic misleadership looks like in the so-called “Black Mecca”
This is not a comprehensive list.
5/5
-exposed to the world what feeble, bureaucratic misleadership looks like in the so-called “Black Mecca”
This is not a comprehensive list.
5/5
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